Coldplay singer seeking to have charges dropped

Chris Martin, the lead singer of Coldplay, has asked Australian police to drop a charge that he damaged a photographer’s car in the eastern resort town of Byron Bay in July.

Martin, 26, did not appear at Byron Bay Magistrates Court today to face one charge of maliciously destroying or damaging property valued at less than 2,000 Australian dollars (€1,172). Malicious damage charges carry a maximum sentence of five years’ imprisonment.