Chef cleared of cocktail bar assaults

A sous chef who has rubbed shoulders with the likes of Tom Kerridge was cleared of assaulting an Asian couple at a cocktail bar after the alleged victims failed to turn up at court. Jack Crispin, 30, was said to have pulled Jaswant Singh’s turban off and made offensive comments about his race at the Dirty Martini in Bishopsgate on 26 November 2021. Crispin denied religiously aggravated common assault and an alternative of assault by beating upon Mr Singh’s partner…