Ian Brown was arrested yesterday for allegedly attacking his wife Fabiola Quiroz.

Neighbours called police to Brown's property in West Kensington, London at 8am yesterday morning (November 2) after they heard a disturbance.

The former Stone Roses star's wife Quiroz told police on the scene that her husband had attacked her, reports the Daily Mirror.

Brown was arrested and taken into custody by police, who, after questioning, released him on bail until next month

In a statement, Scotland Yard said: “A 46-year-old man was arrested at the address and taken to a police station.”

Brown was jailed for four months in 1998 after threatening to cut an air stewardesses hands off in a flight from Paris to Manchester.

Brown has been married to Quiroz since 1999 and they have a son together called Emilio who is aged nine.

(by Scott Colothan)