Zutons singer gets community service for assault (AFP)

The lead singer of The Zutons was ordered to do 150 hours' unpaid work and and pay compensation on Friday, after breaking a man's nose in a drunken row.

Dave McCabe, 29, headbutted Peter Appleby outside a nightclub in Liverpool after his girlfriend was insulted.

McCabe, who wrote the hit song Valerie which was covered by Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson, reacted violently after one of Appleby's friends said the fur collar on his girlfriend's coat made it look like she had a beard.

The singer -- who has released three albums with The Zutons -- claimed he had acted in self-defence, but was convicted of assault by a jury following a trial at Liverpool Crown Court in September.

He was given a community order on Friday and told to pay the victim 1,500 pounds plus court costs of 3,500 pounds.

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