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| Winehouse not guilty of assault | Winehouse not guilty of assault |
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| Singer Amy Winehouse has been found not guilty of assaulting a burlesque dancer at a charity ball in central London. | Singer Amy Winehouse has been found not guilty of assaulting a burlesque dancer at a charity ball in central London. |
| She was accused of punching Sherene Flash after she asked the singer for a photograph at the event in Berkeley Square last September. | She was accused of punching Sherene Flash after she asked the singer for a photograph at the event in Berkeley Square last September. |
| The singer was accused of hitting Miss Flash in the eye when the dancer's friend tried to get into the photo, the court heard. | The singer was accused of hitting Miss Flash in the eye when the dancer's friend tried to get into the photo, the court heard. |
| Ms Winehouse denied assault at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court. | Ms Winehouse denied assault at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court. |
| Summing up the evidence, District Judge Timothy Workman said all but two witnesses in the trial were drunk at the time of the incident. | |
| "The two accounts are irreconcilable and I have had therefore to examine carefully the evidence of other witnesses." | |
| 'Maintained her innocence' | |
| The judge said the medical evidence presented by the prosecution did not show "the sort of injury that often occurs when there is a forceful punch to the eye". | |
| As she left the courtroom, Ms Winehouse told reporters: "I'm relieved. I'm going home." | |
| Moments before the fracas, Ms Flash asked to take a photograph of the singer in a dressing room after midnight on 26 September. | |
| Jurors heard the situation worsened when a drunken friend of the dancer tried to get into the photo. | |
| But Ms Winehouse insisted the incident was blown out of all proportion. | But Ms Winehouse insisted the incident was blown out of all proportion. |
| A spokesman for Amy Winehouse said: "She has always maintained her innocence and is very happy to move on with her life and put the episode behind her." | A spokesman for Amy Winehouse said: "She has always maintained her innocence and is very happy to move on with her life and put the episode behind her." |
| The singer said she had gone to the event to support her goddaughter who was performing there. | The singer said she had gone to the event to support her goddaughter who was performing there. |
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| Winehouse cleared of assault |