Red Dwarf's 'Cat' given community service for attacking dustmen in recycling row

By Daily Mail Reporter

Red Dwarf star Danny John-Jules has been ordered to carry out 120 hours community service for assaulting two dustmen.
The 48-year-old actor, ........

(was) ordered to carry out 120 hours of community service for assaulting two dustmen....

The father, Jan, had made a statement in which he said that the man in a green dressing gown was shouting and swearing when they could not accept his bin for recycling because there were all sorts of items in it that they did not pick up.
The man kicked the container, kicked him on the right calf, then punched his son in the face and also spat in his son's face, he said......
John-Jules said outside the court: 'I'm going to sleep well tonight, community service or no community service. There's nothing like a clear conscience.'
He added: 'Do you think anybody in their right mind would offer their DNA up for analysis if they had been thrashing two Polish guys up and down the street.
'Nobody seems to be smelling the coffee here, everybody seems to be on an agenda of fantasy.'
Norman Lovett, 62, who played Holly the computer in Red Dwarf, attended court prepared to speak on his behalf, but was not called upon to do so.
He said afterwards: 'I came along here today, because I couldn't believe it when I read in the paper that he had been found guilty. I came along to say some words on his behalf although I wasn't needed.
'He is one of life's good guys, there's no doubt about it.'