Jamiroquai frontman Jay Kay has been cautioned for assault after an alleged punch-up with photographers outside a West End nightclub.The 36-year-old pop star was arrested by police after an apparent clash with paparazzi.A Scotland Yard spokeswoman said: "At approximately 2am this morning an officer on routine patrol in Upper John Street was alerted to a large crowd of people, including photographers, outside a night club."A man approached the officer and alleged he had been assaulted at the scene. A man believed to be in his 30s was arrested in connection with the allegation and he has been taken to a central London police station where he remains in custody."Witnesses said they saw Kay lash out after leaving Kabaret’s Prophecy in Soho with a friend in the early hours of today. He was alleged to have slapped one photographer and punched another in the head three times, before rounding on police with a volley of abuse."He was out of control, really lairy," said an onlooker. "He clearly had too much to drink and just wouldn’t stop."Kay, 36, appeared convinced that the photographers were waiting for him, when in fact they were hoping for a glimpse of actress Lindsay Lohan, who was also inside.According to witnesses, the singer burst out of the bar yelling "monkeys" at the photographers and "squaring up to them".He was said to have demanded of one photographer, "Are you Italian?" before slapping him and yelling: "Well, you aren’t fast enough."He then allegedly turned on another photographer, Alan Chapman, punching him three times in the side of the head and knocking off his glasses. A friend of the 50-year-old, who works for the Matrix picture agency, said he was left with a bloody nose and a huge bruise on his face.Alessandro Copetti, who also works for Matrix, said: "Kay came out of the club, quite visibly drunk and just suddenly launched a vicious attack on us. He kept calling us ‘gay boys from the south’ and said he could take all of us on."Club security men stepped in and bundled the singer into a waiting car – but as it drove away Kay jumped out for a second round of verbal attacks.This time the police got involved. A passer-by said: "He rounded on them as well, yelling, ‘I pay your wages’. One policeman said, ‘well, everyone here pays our wages’ and Jay Kay just came back with some nonsense, like, ‘you all live in poverty you miserable f***ers’."The officers eventually slapped Kay in handcuffs and led him to a waiting van that took him to Savile Row police station.
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He must’ve been more pissed they weren’t there for him rather than they were taking his picture.
