He denied assault alleged to have taken place five

Singer Adam Chandler was on the brink of stardom when his swing band Jack Pack wowed Simon Cowell and his fellow judges

A former Britain's Got Talent finalist has told how he lost out on a £1million record deal when accused of assault on an ex-girlfriend.

Singer Adam Chandler, 30, from Kent, was on the brink of stardom when his swing band Jack Pack wowed Simon Cowell and his fellow judges.

After appearing in the final stages of the TV talent show last year, he found out he had been reported to the police for assault.

He was accused of hitting his former partner during a row five months earlier and he was charged with assault.

He was cleared by a jury in just 20 minutes.

But the case came at a cost as his band mates threw him out of the group and replaced him with another member.

Despite losing out to boy band Collabro in the 2014 series, Jack Pack have signed with Simon Cowell's record label SyCo and are due to release their first album.

Speaking for the first time since being cleared in March, Adam, who also goes by the last name of Diplock, said he is 'gutted'.

He said: 'It is gutting to think that someone else is now taking my place, a position I had earned and had spent nearly 20 years crafting my trade to achieve.

'I know it is tempting to feel bitter. Of course it hurts. I was accused of being a woman beater and I knew I never did what I was accused of.

'I was genuinely petrified about being in a court and I found the whole thing surreal and a very lonely place to be.'

Despite his ordeal Adam, from Maidstone, Kent, says he feels no anger towards his former partner.

He added: 'I'm not that kind of person. I never want revenge.

'Life is too short to store up resentment and anger. It happened. I have just had to deal with it.'

Despite his ordeal Adam, from Maidstone, Kent says he feels no anger towards his former partner

He admits he still finds it hard to see his former band without him, considering how much of himself he'd given to achieving the dream the group now live.

'The band have their first album out soon, but I don't think I will buy a copy,' said Adam.

'It is still a little raw but I wish them every success.'

Since leaving Jack Pack, the singer has formed a new band, with whom he performs at weddings and corporate functions.