Winehouse hubby loses appeal
2008-11-24 16:00
London - The husband of singer Amy Winehouse lost a High Court appeal on Monday against a 27-month jail sentence for attacking a pub landlord in 2006 and then trying to cover it up.
Blake Fielder-Civil's legal challenge was rejected by two judges at the Court of Appeal in London, the Press Association reported.
"I am disappointed but not really surprised," the 26-year-old former video assistant said after the hearing.
Fielder-Civil was released on parole last month after spending around a year in prison on condition he checked into a drug rehabilitation centre.
He was sentenced in July after he had already spent nine months behind bars awaiting trial.
Winehouse, 25, enjoyed huge success with the hit album Back to Black and landed five Grammy awards earlier in the year, but her career has been overshadowed by a battle against drug addiction and bouts of illness.
She married Fielder-Civil in Miami in 2007.