The singer, who shot to fame as part of the boyband Blue, was found guilty of drunkenly assaulting a police officer, which he now says was self-defence.
Singer Lee Ryan has appealed against his conviction for drunkenly assaulting a police officer.
But at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, he appealed to overturn the plea, saying he had been given bad advice from his solicitor Mike Rainford.He said:"Who is that guy that died recently - George Floyd - because a police officer choked him?'He had me by the neck' Keima Payton, representing the singer, told a magistrate that her client suffered from autistic spectrum disorder and had"slow processing skills" leading to"impairments in understanding what is said to him", according to a psychological report.
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