UPDATE: Dane Bowers has been spared jail.
At Croydon Magistrates' Court today, Judge Andrew Street sentenced the singer to 20 weeks' imprisonment suspended for 18 months.
He said: "Miss Cahill had to attend court and relive the events of the 29th of January.
"A further aggrevating feature in addition to the pushing and the falling to the ground was that you struck Miss Cahill in the face. This was a sustained assault over some period of time.
**"There were clearly difficulties in the relationship but you have difficulties controlling your anger. **
"This offence passes the custody threshold. I'm going to suspend that imprisonment because the impact of imprisonment would be considerable.
"There would be the impact on your reputation and no doubt that would last for a period of time."
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Dane Bowers is facing jail after assaulting his beauty queen ex-fiancée.
The former Another Level star hit model Sophia Cahill in the face during a “sustained attack”, a court heard.
The singer grabbed the former Miss Wales by the throat and shoulders and threw her out of the bedroom at his parents’ home before hitting her in the face, leaving her with a bloody nose.
Former Celebrity Big Brother housemate Dane denied a charge of assault by beating but was convicted at Croydon Magistrates’ Court in Surrey in September.
District judge Andrew Street said he is “not ruling out” a prison sentence for the former pop star.
He added: “I am satisfied that he assaulted her in the manner she described.
“It was a sustained assault, causing her injuries, that took place in the presence of her two children.”
The court heard the incident happened in January after Dane became enraged when Sophia asked him why he had glitter on his face.
The pair had already split and were living separately in Dane’s parents’ home in Croydon.
The musician is on conditional bail and is due to be sentenced today at Croydon Magistrates’ Court.