Fact #78169
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British rock'n'roll hit-maker Shakin' Stevens is convicted at Ballymena Magistrates Court, Ballymena, Ireland, of having assaulted local freelance photographer Hugo McNeice with a microphone stand in County Antrim. Stevens is fined £300 for assault and criminal damage, and ordered to pay the photographer £479 to compensate for his smashed camera lens.