Chris Brown avoids jail time over London nightclub brawl

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US singer Chris Brown has been handed an eight-month sentence, suspended for a year, after pleading guilty to affray in a London court.

The charge stemmed from an incident at a London nightclub three years ago in which he beat a music producer with a tequila bottle.

In return for his guilty plea, prosecutors dropped charges of assault, attempting to cause grievous bodily harm and having an offensive weapon, a bottle.