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| Jay Kay car attack chef is jailed | Jay Kay car attack chef is jailed |
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| A Suffolk chef who admitted causing more than £9,000 of damage to a £1m Ferrari owned by Jamiroquai frontman Jay Kay has been jailed for 20 weeks. | |
| Aaron Billington, 21, of Aldeburgh, appeared at Ipswich Crown Court after previously admitting causing criminal damage to the Ferrari Enzo. | Aaron Billington, 21, of Aldeburgh, appeared at Ipswich Crown Court after previously admitting causing criminal damage to the Ferrari Enzo. |
| The incident happened on 3 March outside a hotel in Aldeburgh. | The incident happened on 3 March outside a hotel in Aldeburgh. |
| At an earlier hearing in Lowestoft, Billington said he committed the crime in a "moment of madness". | At an earlier hearing in Lowestoft, Billington said he committed the crime in a "moment of madness". |
| 'Mocked for stutter' | |
| Ipswich Crown Court heard the pastry chef vandalised the Ferrari after seeing the star with a woman he had an "emotional attachment" with. | |
| It heard Billington might also have been angry at being "mocked" for his stutter. | It heard Billington might also have been angry at being "mocked" for his stutter. |
| Christopher Morgan, mitigating, said Billington inflicted more than £9,000 of damage to the vehicle after seeing the woman go to the star's hotel room. | |
| Mr Billington had an emotional attachment to one of the young ladies in the company of Charlie and Jay Kay Christopher Morgan,Aaron Billington's solicitor | |
| The court was told Billington saw Jay Kay and a man called Charlie walking along the beach with two women at about 12.45am on 3 March. | |
| Billington started to become "arrogant" towards the star, who "didn't really want to speak" to him, and the "mocking" began shortly after, Mr Morgan said. | |
| "No one has explained what the mocking was," he said. | |
| "I put it very simply. Firstly, Mr Billington had an emotional attachment to one of the young ladies in the company of Charlie and Jay Kay. | |
| Damaged by stones | |
| "There's one significant factor that explains why the defendant was being mocked - and that's his stutter." | |
| Billington's stutter became more obvious at times when he was "under pressure", Mr Morgan said. | |
| But he did not know exactly what had happened because he was "in drink", he added. | |
| The driver's side window was smashed in the incident | |
| Shortly after, Jay Kay invited the two women to his room, Mr Morgan said. | |
| "It was easy to draw the obvious conclusion what was going on at the time," he said. | |
| Witnesses then saw Billington vandalising the car by throwing stones at it. | |
| The court heard the total amount of damage had been revised from an initial estimate of £30,000 to £9,434.03. | |
| This included £2,500 to replace the windscreen, £700 to replace the driver's side window and £3,500 to polish the paintwork and valet the car. | |
| Kay, whose insurance excess was £10,000, also had to pay £370 to have the vehicle towed away. | |
| Billington was jailed for a total of 20 weeks after admitting failing to answer bail and leaving bed and breakfast accommodation and an Indian restaurant without paying, as well as the criminal damage charge. | Billington was jailed for a total of 20 weeks after admitting failing to answer bail and leaving bed and breakfast accommodation and an Indian restaurant without paying, as well as the criminal damage charge. |