Tweedy guilty of attacking black nightclub attendant

GIRLS ALOUD star Cheryl Tweedy insisted she was not a racist last night after she was found guilty of attacking a black nightclub attendant.

The 20-year-old said she was “stunned and disappointed” after a jury at Kingston Crown Court found her guilty of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, but the singer said she was pleased that she had been cleared of a charge of racially aggravated assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

Judge Richard Haworth sentenced Tweedy to 120 hours community service and ordered her to pay £500 compensation to victim Sophie Amogbokpa and £3,000 prosecution costs.