Distraught Amy Winehouse stayed away as her husband Blake Fielder-Civil was sentenced to 27 months detention on a charge of assault. The singer, who'd hoped her spouse would be eligible for immediate release because of the nine months he has already spent on remand, was not present at Monday's hearing.
Instead Blake was supported in the packed courthouse by his mother Georgette and 21-year-old German model pal Sophie Schandorff.
The earliest the jazz sensation can expect her man home is Christmas, as he must serve as least half the total sentence. A spokesman for Amy said: "It will be a relief because there is a release date now."
Since Blake's incarceration the Grammy-winning Rehab star has regularly referred to her husband on stage and emphasised her commitment to him by wearing hair adornments bearing his name in her trademark beehive.
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