Domestic-abuse PSA actor beats up woman

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A Welsh ad speaking out against domestic violence, and commissioned by the country's Assembly Government, has been yanked off TV after it was revealed that one of the actors in the PSA got popped for beating his ex-girlfriend last October. Not only that, he assaulted the poor woman in public, for which he was fined, put under a curfew and electronically tagged. And if that's not bad enough, he used to be a DJ on community radio.

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