Winehouse's husband sentenced to 27 months
22.07.2008 15:00
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- Source: cbc.ca
A judge has sentenced Amy Winehouse's husband to 27 months in jail for assault and obstructing justice. Blake Fielder-Civil admitted to beating up pub manager James King in a barroom fight in 2006 and then offering him $400,000 to keep quiet about it. In a London court Monday, Judge David Radford told Fielder-Civil he had behaved in a "gratuitous, cowardly and disgraceful" way. Winehouse wasn't in court to hear the sentencing. The 24-year-old singer and 26-year-old Fielder-Civil married in Miami in May 2007. He was arrested in November and has been in jail ever since. He could be released as early as December, when he has served half his sentence. Winehouse has become an international star since she released the Grammy winning album, Back to Black, in 2006. But her music has been overshadowed by reports of drug use, her run-ins with the law and her tempestuous relationship with Fielder-Civil. Story Tools: E-MAIL | PRINT | Text Size: SMLXL | REPORT TYPO | SEND YOUR FEEDBACKRelatedInternal LinksAmy Winehouse cleared of witness tamperingMore Media HeadlinesNews anchor charged with leaking colleague's e-mailA Philadelphia TV newscaster was charged Monday with illegally accessing the e-mail of a his co-anchor and leaking it to gossip columnists.Winehouse's husband sentenced to 27 monthsA judge has sentenced Amy Winehouse's husband to 27 months in jail for assault and obstructing justice.Actor, former cop Dennis Farina gets probation for gun chargeA Los Angeles court has sentenced Dennis Farina to probation after the actor and former police officer issued a no-contest plea to carrying a loaded handgun into the L.A. airport this spring.Obama campaign says New Yorker cartoon goes too farThe New Yorker Magazine has stirred up controversy in the U.S. for a satirical cover that shows Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama dressed as a Muslim and his wife as a terrorist.Jolie delivers a boy and girl in FranceThe Brangelina twins are here: Angelina Jolie, with partner Brad Pitt by her side, has given birth to a girl and a boy at a hospital in Nice, France. More Arts HeadlinesHong Kong stars Tony Leung, Carina Lau wed in BhutanHong Kong actor Tony Leung, star of Lust, Caution and Infernal Affairs, has married his long-time companion Carina Lau at a ceremony in the mountain kingdom of Bhutan.In Rainbows among 12 albums nominated for U.K.'s Mercury Prize Radiohead's In Rainbows and Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant's collaboration with Alison Krauss, Raising Sand, are among 12 albums nominated for Britain's Mercury Prize.Book anniversary boosting Green Gables musicalThe 100th anniversary of Anne of Green Gables, the book, has been good for Anne of Green Gables: The Musical.San Francisco rapper found guilty in double homicideA jury in Las Vegas found a 37-year-old San Francisco rap music figure guilty in the slaying of a Kansas City rival in what authorities called a West Coast versus Midwest rap war.U.S. court overturns record fine for 2004 'wardrobe malfunction'A federal appeals court has overturned the record $550,000 fine for indecency against CBS Corp. for Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" at the 2004 Super Bowl. Arts FeaturesWhy so serious?How Batman’s nemesis, the Joker, lost the punchline Six letters of separationPopular culture grapples once again with the N wordPreity stokedBollywood star Preity Zinta talks about breaking into North AmericaWelcome to the dark sideHeath Ledger owns the screen in Batman: The Dark KnightSuper trooperMeryl Streep does her very best to elevate the ABBA movie musical Mamma Mia!Didn't see that comingSurprising arrests of pop culture iconsPeople who read this also read …
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