JAMES Argent was branded shameless for returning to the stage weeks after being handed a suspended jail term for attacking his girlfriend.

was at London’s Connaught Rooms on Friday for a knife crime charity’s boxing event.

James Argent performing at a charity event.James Argent was branded shameless for returning to the stage weeks after being handed a suspended jail term for attacking his girlfriendJames Argent and his girlfriend at a restaurant.Nicoline Artursson was hospitalised after James pushed her down steps in Spain earlier this month

Argent, 37, was seen smiling and posing with guests at the bash — despite putting in hospital by in Spain earlier this month.

Friends who knew him and from when they were dating told The Sun: “ of himself.

“He is acting like nothing happened and seems to be trying to brush over this. What he did was serious.

“People who knew them were so shocked by what had happened but now to see James smiling and playing up to the cameras.

“It feels shameless.”;;

Argent was arrested over the incident in Nicoline’s La Cala de Mijas flat on bank holiday Monday.

and was given a six-month ­suspended sentence and a .

He was also told to attend a rehabilitation course on .

James Argent performing at a charity event.James was on stage at London’s Connaught Rooms for a knife crime charity’s boxing eventGroup selfie at a charity event.James smiled as he posed for photos backstage