Alien Ant Farm guitarist assaults fan at Chester gig over urine mix-up
Terry Corso pleaded guilty in court today
Alien Ant Farm guitarist Terry Corso has pleaded guilty to assaulting a fan at a Chester gig last week.
The 44-year-old Californian rocker appeared at Chester Magistrates Court this morning where he admitted beating fan Richard Newton at the Chester Live Rooms gig on Wednesday 26th October.
Speaking to Chester Standard at court, Corso’s solicitor Stephen Ferns said two days before the Chester gig the band had urine thrown on them at 53 Degrees in Preston.
Subsquently when a member of the audience threw a missile on stage in Chester, Corso wrongly believed it was urine and hit out.
Mr Ferns said: “Two days before in Preston someone threw urine at the singer (Dryden Mitchell) and they all stormed off stage.
“Then on the 26th in Chester Terry Corso had something thrown at him which he assumed was urine. He felt angry at that so he confronted the fan and ended up hitting him once.
“He regrets his actions and says he never should have jumped off the stage.”
After pleading guilty, Corso was given a one-year conditional discharge and ordered to pay prosecution costs of £85, compensation to the victim of £100 and a victim surcharge of £20.
Corso will still be able to enter the UK with his conditional discharge, however if he commits any further offences in the next 12 months he could be re-sentenced.