Court rejects Brown request to dismiss assault charges

Chris Brown's request to have his assault charges dismissed has been rejected.

Lawyers for the 'Fine China' hitmaker - who is accused of breaking Parker Adams' nose when he tried to insert himself in a photograph that the singer was taking with two female fans outside the W Hotel in Washington D.C. last October - claimed the singer should be cleared of all charges because prosecutors abused the grand jury process, but judge Patricia Wynn ruled in court yesterday that his trial will go ahead later this month.