Comic cleared of hitting woman

COMEDIAN Roy "Chubby" Brown was cleared of hitting a woman in the face during a foul-mouthed row in a supermarket car park.

The 65-year-old, of East Harsley, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, was accused of punching Kelly Oliver, 21, after he nearly bumped his Lexus into her grandmother's parked car.

Brown, charged under his real name Royston Vasey, denied common assault last September in Middlesbrough town centre.

Fran Wood, chair of the bench, told Teesside Magistrates' Court in Middlesbrough: "Due to inconsistencies of the evidence, we are not convinced Mr Vasey is guilty."