Winehouse Pleads Guilty to Assault

21 January 2010

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Troubled singer Amy Winehouse has pleaded guilty to assault charges aftershe was accused of attacking a theatre boss during a Christmas (09) playin the U.K. The venue's manager, Richard Pound, claimed the Back to Black hitmaker kicked him in the groin when he asked her to stop shouting obscenities during a performance of Cinderella in Milton Keynes, England on 19 December(09).

Parents in the audience reportedly complained about the star's shouting and cursing throughout the show, and she is said to have attacked Pound when he tried to move her to a private box.

He filed a complaint with local Thames Valley police and Winehouse was arrested on 23 December (09) after she turned herself into authorities.

If he's assaulted he deserves the court's protection

And on Wednesday (20Jan10) the 26 year old pleaded guilty to charges ofcommon assault and disorder at Milton Keynes Magistrates' Court.

The singer was handed a two-year conditional discharge and ordered to pay $296 (£185) compensation and costs.

Judge Peter Crabtree ordered Winehouse to improve her behaviour, after ruling that it was "obvious" alcohol had caused her to lash out in the incident.

He told her, "Mr Pound is a person whose job involves interaction with the public. If he's assaulted he deserves the court's protection. In thiscase it's obvious that alcohol played its part. "It (acting responsibly) may be harder than a fine because you have now got to stay on the straight and narrow for the next two years".

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