N-Dubz star is sacked over sexual assaults

THE drummer of hit band N-Dubz has been sacked by the chart-topping group after being convicted of sexually assaulting two students in Glasgow.

Aaron "Breakbeat" Fagan - who once earned up to 3,000 a week with the band - has now been forced to apply for state benefits.

The 25-year-old appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court yesterday where Sheriff Joanna Johnston sentenced him to six months' probation and placed him on the sex offenders register for six months.

He was convicted of grabbing the women, who cannot be named for legal reasons, and fondling one of them after a concert at Strathclyde's Students Union in October last year.

Fagan's defence advocate Paul McBride told the court his client is now struggling to find work.

He said: "As a result of the conviction he's no longer with the band that he had been with for a long period of time.

"He has also had great difficulty obtaining any work as a drummer as a result of the conviction. He was earning up to 3,000 a week but that has now come to an abrupt end and he's now applying for state benefits."

The court earlier heard the band were performing at the John Street union after the MOBO awards in Glasgow on 1 October last year.

Sentencing, Sheriff Johnston said: "Your behaviour towards these girls was wholly unacceptable. You clearly shocked and upset those young women. However, I have taken into account the fact you did not persist when they asked you to stop."