Man cleared of Winehouse-husband bribe charge
An ex-pub landlord was cleared today of taking a £200,000 (€253,000) bribe to save Amy Winehouse’s husband from jail.
A jury at London’s Snaresbrook Crown Court took three hours to unanimously find James King, 36, not guilty of perverting the course of justice.
King had been left with serious injuries, including a broken cheekbone, after a brutal beating by Winehouse’s husband Blake Fielder-Civil, 26, and his friend Michael Brown, 25.
They were charged with grievous bodily harm after the beating at the Macbeth pub in Hoxton, east London, in June 2006.
