Alan Taylor was given an 18-month community order including 250 hours unpaid work and 20 rehabilitation days by Norwich magistrates after he admitted assaulting Jade Sarsfield.

He was also made the subject of a three-year restraining order banning him from contacting his former partner.

Alan Taylor, who resigned as a director of Festival Too after being sentenced for assaulting his former partner (Image: Denise Bradley) A charge of coercive and controlling behaviour

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