District Judge Timothy Workman found the 25-year-old singer not guilty of punching dancer Sherene Flash in the eye after the fan asked to take her picture following a charity ball in September.
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Prosecutors claimed it was a deliberate assault. But Winehouse said she had merely pushed Flash because she felt intimidated — and claimed she was too short to have punched the dancer in the face.
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The judge said after hearing the evidence, he could not be sure the blow had been deliberate.
"The charge is dismissed and the defendant discharged," he said.
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Winehouse, dressed in a conservative knee-length black skirt, gray jacket, white shirt and pearls, shrugged as the verdict was announced at London's City of Westminster Magistrates' Court. She remained in the dock until her lawyer spoke to her, apparently clarifying the verdict.Amy Winehouse hot
"I'm relieved. I'm going home," she said as she left court through a jostling pack of photographers and television cameras.In a statement read by a spokesman, the singer said she was "very happy to move on with her life and put the episode behind her."
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Winehouse, known as much for her chaotic lifestyle as her soulful music, appeared healthy and composed but fidgety during the two-day trial, at times singing to herself, fanning herself with a notebook and sitting cross-legged in the witness box.
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