MUMBAI: Singer Chris Brown has begun his 1,400-hour community labour sentence for his assault of girlfriend Rihanna last year.

Pictures on the celebrity website TMZ.com showed Brown in his home state of Virginia wearing a reflective red vest and a red cap stooping to clean up the grounds of a police horse stable.

The singer‘s other duties during his six months of community labour will include graffiti removal, washing cars and roadside cleanup.

Brown has also been slapped with a five-year probation period, a year of domestic violence classes and hefty fines.