Aside from the chronic signs of drug addiction, self-harm and mental instability, Amy Winehouse has probably been most worried about perverting the course of justice lately.
But now she needs to worry no more, because the police have officially decided to take no further action with Amy Winehouse over her supposed role in her husband's GBH/ perverting the course of justice trial.
Finally Amy Winehouse can relax – and this means she can now hoof down as much crack as she likes without fear of being sent to jail and experiencing any upsetting periods of cold turkey in there. That Amy Winehouse, eh? What a bloody hero.
Amy Winehouse's husband Blake Fielder-Civil is in jail at the moment. That might come as a bit of a shock to you, we know, because news of his incarceration has been strictly limited to every single word in every single newspaper published for the last six months and the way that Amy Winehouse can't even get through a solitary verse of any of her songs without shouting "My Blakey!" like an overzealous On The Buses fan with a funny haircut.
Blake Fielder-Civil is in jail over claims that he beat up a pub landlord so badly that the landlord needed a metal place inserted into his face and then offered him £200,000 to leave the country and change his story. But wait! Blake Fielder-Civil? £200,000? Blake Civil-Fielder?
It doesn't take a genius to look at Blake Civil-Fielder, all tatty hat and his sallow unwashed skin, and work out that he probably doesn't have £200,000. His wife, though, is Amy Winehouse – the five-time Grammy-winning performer of the biggest-selling album of last year. Maybe – just maybe – Blake got that justice-perverting money from Amy.
That's what the Metropolitan Police must have thought when it arrested Amy Winehouse on suspicion of perverting the course of justice a week before Christmas. But, although she was partly cleared of the charge last month, Amy Winehouse has now been completely cleared, as BBC News reports:
Amy Winehouse faces no further action in connection with her husband's alleged attempt to pervert the course of justice, police have said… The singer was questioned by police in December before being released on police bail to return for further questioning at a later date. But on Friday Scotland Yard confirmed that she was no longer required to do so. A spokesman for the singer said: "Amy is pleased to be discounted from the investigation and thanks the police for their professionalism in their dealings with her."
That'll no doubt be a weight off Amy Winehouse's mind – now all she has to deal with is her debilitating drug habit, continuing alleged issues with self-harm, inability to perform in public without sounding like a cat in a mincer and every single other aspect of her life whatsoever and she'll be completely back to normal.
But she's not out of the woods yet. Blake Fielder Civil today pleaded not guilty to his charges and will remain in custody until at least April. And that means Amy Winehouse will have to free up some time in her schedule to turn up to court hammered again. It's just a bit of a niggle, logistically.
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Peter Belisi says
I hope Amy can get it together. Love her music. Look forward to hearing whatever is next.