Amy Winehouses’s Husband Receives Jail Sentence

On Monday, a judge sentenced Amy Winehouse’s husband to 27 months in jail for assault and obstruction of justice. Her husband, named Blake Fielder-Civil, admitted to beating up a pub manager, named James King, in a barroom fight in 2006 and offering him $400,000 to be quiet about it. The judge told Fielder-Civil that he had behaved in a gratuitous, cowardly, and disgraceful manner. Amy Winehouse wasn’t present in the courtroom.

Amy Winehouse’s Husband Pleads Guilty

Singer Amy Winehouse’s husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, has pleaded guilty to assaulting a barman and then trying to cover it up. His is on trial in London on charges of attacking a pub landlord, named James King, and then conspiring with him to withdraw as a witness at the trial. He could possibly receive five years in prison for the assault charge. Even though it is unlikely, he could possibly face a life sentence in prison for perverting the course of justice.

Amy Winehouse Arrested

Singer Amy Winehouse was arrested this past Tuesday due to suspicion of attempting to interfere with a court case that involves her husband. She was questioned by police and released without charges filed against her. She went to the police station voluntarily at a pre-agreed time. Winehouse was released on bail and ordered to return to a London police station in early March. In London, it is common for someone who is being interviewed by the police to be arrested.

Winehouse’s husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, was held in custody in London last month due to charges of “perverting the course of justice” from which he was accused of assaulting a barman this past June. He is also accused of trying to interfere with a witness testimony.

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