The fact that she was sat down and he stood up and hit her was about as cowardly as it gets im afraid. Man hitting a woman is something I hate to see full stop...
Basically if this guy thinks its funny to do something like this. Where is the harm in the law tying him to a chair and allowing every person that walks by (who finds it funny to hit sitting people in the face) have a pop at him back. Bet he gets nothing more than a fine, charge for GBH but no prison term...
An eye for an eye I say... I'd love to smack him in the face & would if they every released pictures of him & I saw him in the street. I'm not even a Leona Lewis fan but its just a completeley cowardly act by this bloke!!!
So much for sexual equality for women.