Blake pleads: “Set me free and Amy will quit drugs”

Posted by heatworld on Monday 21 Jul 2008

Filed under: Amy Winehouse, Blake Fielder-Civil

Blake Fielder-Civil is yet to receive his sentence in court today – but has pleaded to be set free so that Amy will give up drugs. “They are very much committed to each other and their ambition is to divorce themselves from hard drugs and not separate themselves from each other,” said Blake’s barrister, Jeremy Dein QC. “Knowing the nation's glare is upon him, Mr Fielder-Civil has every possible motive to rehabilitate himself in the way he has already shown he is fully committed to doing. He knows if he fails, an appointment with calamity awaits, not just for himself but for his wife. He can now see that hard drugs are to be regarded as nothing other than a smiling assassin. He wishes now to become a role model for Ms Winehouse, but he knows it would be impossible for her to alienate herself from drugs if he continues to befriend them.” He wants to be her role model?! Hmm. Blake pleaded guilty to beating up a pub landlord and then bribing him to drop charges, and is now hoping to receive either a community order, a suspended sentence or a prison term of no more than 18 months – which is the time he’s already served while awaiting sentence. He’ll learn his fate later this afternoon. The 26-year-old’s mother Georgette is in court supporting her son, but Amy is yet to make an appearance.