Hugh Grant's bean escape - page 2

04-06-2007 11:30

He was bailed and agreed to return for further questioning in May.

Hugh, who was walking near his West London home at 10am when the incident occurred, lashed out when paparazzo Ian Whittaker asked if he could take his picture.

The 43-year-old photographer alleged the actor kicked him three times and kneed him near the groin.

Whittaker said: "It looked like he had been out for a morning jog. I asked him if he would give me a smile because he was standing with his head down. But he must have been having a bad day because he started chasing me down the street.

"He gave me a couple of kicks in the legs and I think he kneed me."