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Singer Amy Winehouse's husband has been jailed for 27 months for attacking a pub landlord and perverting the course of justice. | Singer Amy Winehouse's husband has been jailed for 27 months for attacking a pub landlord and perverting the course of justice. |
Blake Fielder-Civil, 26, of Camden, north London, admitted assaulting James King, 36, at the Macbeths pub in Hoxton, east London, in June 2006. | Blake Fielder-Civil, 26, of Camden, north London, admitted assaulting James King, 36, at the Macbeths pub in Hoxton, east London, in June 2006. |
He also admitted at Snaresbrook Crown Court trying to make Mr King withdraw his complaint using a £200,000 bribe. | He also admitted at Snaresbrook Crown Court trying to make Mr King withdraw his complaint using a £200,000 bribe. |
Three other men were also sentenced for perverting the course of justice. | |
Michael Brown, 25, from Carshalton, south London also admitted assault for his part in the attack, that left Mr King needing plates fitted into his face for a broken cheekbone. He was jailed for 33 months. | |
You (Fielder-Civil) behaved in a gratuitous, cowardly and disgraceful way Judge David Radford class="" href="/1/hi/england/london/7516934.stm">How pub fight led to bribe claims class="" href="/1/hi/entertainment/7516899.stm">Amy and Blake: Love and turmoil | |
Anthony Kelly, 25, from Chalk Farm, north London, was given a custodial sentence of 20 months after admitting perverting the course of justice. | |
James Kennedy, 19, from Hatfield, Hertfordshire, who also admitted the charge, was given a 40-week sentence at a young offenders institute, suspended for 12 months. | |
Fielder-Civil has already spent nine months in jail on remand. | |
'Punched and kicked' | |
Judge David Radford said Fielder-Civil was high on alcohol and cocaine when he and Brown attacked Mr King outside the pub. | |
He said Fielder Civil joined in the attack "out of a mistaken sense of loyalty to your friend". | |
"The fact remains that in joining in that attack by kicking out at Mr King after he had already been both punched and kicked by Mr Brown you behaved in a gratuitous, cowardly and disgraceful way. | |
"It will be of little comfort to Mr King that you did so because of your inebriation." | |
The court heard after the attack, Mr King was bullied into withdrawing his statement against Fielder-Civil and his friend, Brown, who offered him the bribe to drop his assault complaint. | |
Mr King was found not guilty of perverting the course of justice at a trial in June. | Mr King was found not guilty of perverting the course of justice at a trial in June. |
Fielder-Civil's wife, Amy Winehouse, was not at Snaresbrook Crown Court where the sentencing took place. | Fielder-Civil's wife, Amy Winehouse, was not at Snaresbrook Crown Court where the sentencing took place. |