Fotog assault conviction against Mills reversed
LEWES, England (AP) -May 20, 2008 Jay Kaycappa had been sentenced to 140 hours of community
service for allegedly grabbing Mills by her shoulder and taking her
photograph in 2006.
A prosecutor told the court in Lewes that Mills, the estranged
wife of ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, wasn't available for the hearing,
and that he believed she was somewhere in the U.S.
However, Judge Richard Brown said he had received a document
from a doctor saying Mills was suffering from stress.
Kaycappa had been convicted of assaulting Mills and her friend
Mark Payne after encountering them in a pedestrian tunnel. Mills,
Payne and two other men were cycling to the south coast city of
Brighton at the time.
Mills and McCartney were granted a preliminary decree of divorce
last week, and a final decree could be granted by the end of next
month.