SHAMED TOWIE star James Argent left his model girlfriend with cuts and bruises to her neck, arms, and leg during the horror beachfront attack – and a year on he’s reunited with his best pal Mark Wright.
The list of appalling injuries he inflicted on former Miss Sweden Nicoline Arturrson, 33, were contained in a shocking court file after he threw her down the steps of their Spanish villa.
Prosecutors were reportedly so appalled by her injuries they wanted to charge Argent with wounding and were pushing for a nine-month jail sentence.
But as part of a plea deal he agreed to admit the lesser offence of ‘mistreatment’.
James’ jail let-off saw him handed a six month suspended sentence and a two-year restraining order banning him from contacting Nicoline.
He has largely stayed out of the spotlight since the scandal, but now, he has reunited with his reality TV pals in a local boozer.
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The group were seen laughing and joking as they sat down for a meal.
James’ best pal, Mark Wright, 39, was spotted nicking his sandwich and a few chips from his plate.
The TV personality burst into laughter as he told fans, “some things never change.”
Their meet up looked very casual as James was seen wearing a black long sleeve top and Mark was in a pair of black joggers and a white t-shirt.
It seemed the pals reconnected at a big drink up as they were spotted in a large group of four others.
In a group snap James shared on Instagram, the lads were seen sitting around a big table as they smiled for the camera.
James captioned the post: “It’s good to be home and catch up with the boys,” followed by a smiley face emoji.
Mark and James have been close pals for over 10 years, finding fame on The Only Way Is Essex together back in 2010.
They were both central cast members, often appearing in scenes together.
The singer is thought to have moved to Spain following the attack on his ex-girlfriend.
The court report of the incident reads: “During the argument, and with the intention of harming her physical integrity, he grabbed hold of her tightly by her arm and pushed her causing her to fall down the stairs.
“The injured woman suffered several bruises to her neck, a bruise to her right forearm, several abrasions to her right arm, and abrasions to her right hand and on her right leg.
“The injuries she suffered healed in seven days on skin and soft tissue.”
At the time pals close to the couple slammed James – saying: “The plea deal was the easy way out.”
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