Kasabian confirm they ordered tom meighan to leave after his assault

Rock group Kasabian said "they had no choice" but to ask singer Tom Meighan to leave the band after he was charged with domestic assault. On Tuesday, the year-old pleaded guilty at Leicester Magistrate's Court to assaulting his former fiancee Vikki Ager while drunk on 9 April. A day earlier, the band said he had stepped down due to "personal issues".

But after the case, they confirmed they had severed all ties, saying: "domestic violence can never be excused". We are completely heartbroken. There is absolutely no way we can condone his assault conviction. In court on Tuesday, Magistrates heard that Meighan pushed Ager over repeatedly, held her by the throat and threatened her with a wooden pallet during the assault on 9 April, Ager also hit her head on a hamster cage after being thrown across a room.

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CCTV footage of the incident showed the singer dragging Ager by the ankles, leaving her with bruises to her knees, elbow, ankle and "a reddening around her neck". A child witnessed the "sustained assault", the court was told, and contacted to report that a "domestic incident was taking place". Meighan, of Narborough, originally denied an assault had taken place, but after watching video footage of the incident he told police he could not watch it any further because it was "horrible".

The district judge, Nick Watson, told the singer: "I could have sent you to prison" but instead gave him an month community order and told him to carry out hours of unpaid work. Following the prosecution, Kasabian said they wanted to give fans a fuller explanation of his departure from the band. They added: "Ultimately, as much as Tom hurt us all, we're not the victims in all of this.

Domestic violence is something that can never be excused. Meighan was a founding member of the band in alongside guitarist Serge Pizzorno.