Allen punches woman outside club

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Lily Allen has punched a passer-by in a fracas outside a London nightclub.

The singer lashed out at a woman who had yelled abuse at her as she left Ronnie Scott's jazz club with T4 host Miquita Oliver in the early hours of Tuesday.

Paparazzi filmed the passer-by calling Allen a "f**king a**ehole", to which the 23-year-old shouted back: "Yeah, come and say that to my face, you f**king c**t.

"Where is that b**ch man? I'll f***ing batter her."

Allen then hit the woman several times on the back of the head, before saying: "Violence is bad."

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