Singer Amy Winehouse's husband was today imprisoned for trial-fixing and beating
up a former pothouse landlord.
Blake Fielder-Civil, 26, was sentenced to 27 months at Snaresbrook Crown
Court, east London, later on admitting atrocious bodily damage and perverting the
course of action of judge in a �200,000 trial-fixing plot aimed at trying to save
him from jailhouse.
Fielder-Civil and friend Michael Brown beat James King, 36, so badly in June
2006 that he needed plates fitted into his face for a broken jugal bone and
tranquil has direction.
Judge David Radford told Fielder-Civil he had behaved in a "gratuitous,
cowardly and ignominious" way.
Fielder-Civil has already served about nine months on gaol so he could be
free in four-and-a-half months if he behaves himself in prison.
Miss Winehouse was non in court today.
Fielder-Civil, who had looked calm down and relaxed throughout the hearing, showed
little emotion as the sentence was passed.
But as he was taken down to the cells by court staff at the end of the hearing
he looked up and smiled at friends and family in the front course of the
crammed world gallery and mouthed "see you shortly".
The judge said Fielder-Civil was high on alcohol and cocaine when he and
Michael Brown attacked James King outside the Macbeth Pub in Hoxton, east
London.
He aforementioned Fielder-Civil joined in the attack "out of a mistaken signified of
allegiance to your friend".
"The fact remains that in joining in that attack by kick out at Mr
King after he had already been both punched and kicked by Mr Brown you
behaved in a gratuitous, fearful and scandalous way.
"It will be of small comfort to Mr King that you did so because of your
inebriation."
The try said the attack on Mr King was "vicious and one-sided".
He rejected submission from Fielder-Civil that he be sent for intervention at a
private drug rehabilitation centre.
Judge Radford aforementioned Fielder-Civil could take advantage of these facilities on
his release.
Michael Brown, 40, of Carshalton, south London, was sentenced to a total of 33
months.
Anthony Kelly, 25, of Chalk Farm, n London, was given a custodial judgment of conviction
totalling 20 months.
And James Kennedy, 20, of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, was given a 40-week
conviction at a young offenders institute, suspended for 12 months.
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