{"id":172877,"date":"2025-10-01T13:31:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T13:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/172877\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T13:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T13:31:09","slug":"british-boyband-star-is-arrested-for-assaulting-woman-and-child-as-police-race-to-his-home-after-999-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/172877\/","title":{"rendered":"British boyband star is &#8216;arrested for assaulting woman and child as police race to his home after 999 call&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-3527\/freya-barnes.html\" class=\"author\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREYA BARNES, NEWS REPORTER<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  08:18 EDT, 1 October 2025   |  Updated:  09:30 EDT, 1 October 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A British boyband star was arrested for &#8216;assaulting a woman and child&#8217; when police visited his home after receiving an alarming 999 call.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The musician, who is a household name, was detained and taken in for questioning before being released on bail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Officers decided there was insufficient evidence to refer the case to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Officers are said to have issued a &#8216;Domestic Abuse Protection Notice&#8217; against the star, meaning they had reasonable grounds to suspect there had been abuse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Protection notices were introduced this year, and allow police to impose certain conditions on alleged abusers &#8211; such as requiring them to leave the victim&#8217;s home for 48 hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Officers are then required to apply for a &#8216;Domestic Abuse Protection Order&#8217;, which allows courts to impose conditions and restrictions on perpetrators of domestic abuse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But in this case, a magistrate refused to grant the order against the famous musician, who is facing no charge.<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-2ec2fd340208d98f\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/102606065-15152221-The_musician_who_has_not_yet_been_named_but_is_said_to_be_a_hous-m-18_17593202272.jpeg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\" alt=\"The musician, who has not yet been named but is said to be a household name, was detained and taken in for questioning before being released on bail (stock image)\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The musician, who has not yet been named but is said to be a household name, was detained and taken in for questioning before being released on bail (stock image)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The star often appears as a regular guest on TV shows and gives interviews to some of the biggest magazines.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A police spokesperson said: &#8216;Officers responded and spoke to a woman who said she had been assaulted by a man known to her, approximately two weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Further enquiries were carried out however there was insufficient evidence to refer the case to the Crown Prosecution Service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Officers authorised a Domestic Abuse Protection Notice. 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