Leona Lewis refuses extra security after attack at book signing

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The singer was speaking for the first time about the attack which happened as she autographed copies of her new book, Dreams.

Peter Kowalczyk, 29, had waited for hours at Waterstone's in Piccadilly to meet the X Factor winner but then allegedly punched her in the face.

Leona Lewis said she has no plans to employ a bodyguard after being attacked

Lewis, 24, said she was very shaken at the time but that it "could have been worse".

She said: "I'm still alive, it's just something you have to deal with when you have fame and the positives far outweigh the negatives."

And she said she had no plans to employ a bodyguard in light of the attack because she had people who "looked out" for her.

Kowalczyk was arrested at the scene and charged with assault and sectioned under the Mental Health Act.

He was unfit to appear at a hearing at City of Westminster magistrates' court on Monday and is currently being examined by psychiatrists in secure accommodation at Lambeth hospital in south London.