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Pete Tong gets restraining order against Massive Attack singer Shara Nelson

Published Thursday, Aug 11 2011, 15:07 BST | By Robert Copsey | 35 comments

Pete Tong has been granted a restraining order against Massive Attack singer Shara Nelson, who claims that she is his wife.

Nelson, who sang on the trip-hop duo's 1991 hit 'Unfinished Sympathy', also said that the Radio 1 DJ is her manager and often harasses him with nuisance phone calls, a court heard.

The singer gave her surname to the court as Tong and insisted that they have a child together.

Tong, who recently celebrated 20 years at Radio 1, said that her claims are untrue and have caused "distress and embarrassment".

Nelson was banned indefinitely from contacting the 51-year-old and was given a 12-month community order and 80 hours' community service.

Following her guest spot with Massive Attack, Nelson went on to have five Top 40 singles, while her album What Silence Knows was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 1994.

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Watch the video for Massive Attack's 'Unfinished Sympathy' below: