Hip-hop star Sean “Diddy” Combs has been sentenced to four years and two months in prison. Combs was also fined $US500,000 ($757,000) and will be subject to five years of supervised release when his sentence is served.

The sentence was handed down in New York after an eleventh hour plea for leniency from Combs’ defence lawyer Nicole Westmoreland. “Mr Combs is not larger than life, he’s just a human being,” Westmoreland said. “He’s just a man and he’s made some mistakes. He has flaws like we all do. Your honour, he gets it, plain and simple.”

An impression of Sean “Diddy” Combs in court during his trial in July. Credit: Elizabeth Williams via AP

Despite that, Judge Arun Subramanian said the court had to consider all of Combs’ history. “A history of good works can’t wash away the reco

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