Amy Winehouse has been cautioned for common assault in relation to one of those fisticuff incidents that were being reported in the tabloids last week. She was taken in for questioning on Friday in relation to allegations she assaulted a man in North London on Wednesday night.
A spokesman for the singer told reporters over the weekend: "Amy Winehouse was questioned at a London police station in connection to an incident in Camden in the early hours of 23 April, 2008. She admitted to a common assault by slapping a man with an open hand and accepted a caution. Amy was fully co-operative with inquiries and apologised for the incident. She thanked the police for their professional handling of the matter. There will be no further action taken. Amy is looking forward to continuing her work on new music in the studio".
The police caution has heightened concern for Winehouse, who seemed to be getting her life back together after her most recent stint in rehab, but who has been back in the tabloids with increasing frequency of late. Asked about his daughter's floundering recovery, Winehouse's father Mitch told the News Of The World this weekend that he was no longer convinced that rehab could "cure her problems" and that more "radical measures" were needed.
By radical measures, I think Mitch means having Amy sectioned. But that, he admitted, wasn't an easy process. He continued: "Unfortunately, what I think is best for Amy and what she thinks is best for her are two different things. And it might be that other parties might need to be involved. You need all four - the psychologists, the doctor, the local health authority and the next of kin - all to decide that somebody is sectionable. Now is the time to exert whatever pressure we have to try to do it."