A music festival has defended its decision to book ex-Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan after he was convicted of domestic abuse, despite backlash it would send "completely the wrong message".
Singer Meighan, who in 2020 admitted to assaulting then-fiancée Vikki Ager after throwing her across a room, hitting her over the head and threatening to hit her with a wooden pallet, was announced as one of the acts for Sheffield event, Be Reyt.
The former frontman was charged after a panicked child called 999, and was handed 200 hours of unpaid work and a small fine by magistrates, while he issued a public apology.
