Comedian Roy "Chubby" Brown denies hitting woman, 21
The comedian's real name is Royston Vasey
Comedian Roy "Chubby" Brown hit a woman in the face during a foul-mouthed dispute in a Teesside supermarket car park, a court has heard. The comic is said to have hit 21-year-old Kelly Oliver after almost colliding with her grandmother's car in Middlesbrough last September.
Brown, 65 and charged under his real name Royston Vasey, denied common assault at Teesside Magistrates' Court.
The comedian, of Northallerton, is known for his explicit sexual material.
Ticket machine
Viviene Turner, prosecuting, said Brown reacted angrily after Miss Oliver watched him reverse his silver Lexus within an inch of her grandmother's car in the car of park of the Middlesbrough town centre branch of Sainsbury's on 2 September.
The court heard he wound down his window and swore at her.
Miss Oliver, now six months pregnant, said she did not respond.
She claims when she walked over to a ticket machine, Brown got out of his car and began shouting at her.
Brown is then said to have hit her with his right hand on the left side of her face.
The court heard Brown drove off when Miss Oliver's grandmother said she would note down his registration number.
The court was told Brown admitted in 1996 to common assault occasioning actual bodily harm against his ex-wife, for which he was fined £300 and ordered to pay compensation.
Miss Oliver had two cautions relating to violent incidents and failed to comply with a dispersal notice in 2008, the court heard.
The case continues.
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