Prosecutor Mark Williams said Fielder-Civil was to have stood trial with co-accused Michael Brown, charged with assaulting Mr King, the landlord of Macbeths public house in Hoxton, London, on June 20 last year.

The court heard that shortly after midnight that night Brown entered into a confrontation with Mr King and tried to coax him out of the pub, but Mr King refused to leave.

Brown then allegedly grabbed hold of Mr King, causing him to fall to the ground, when Brown and Fielder-Civil proceeded to kick and stamp on Mr King.

Mr Williams said events developed last week with the allegation that Brown and Fielder-Civil had conspired to pervert the course of justice by offering Mr King a significant amount of money to withdraw his allegation and leave the country.

Judge Radford remanded Fielder-Civil on "technical" bail.

Fielder-Civil will reappear at Snaresbrook Crown Court on November 23.

Amy Winehouse’s husband is remanded - Nov 12 2007
Singer Amy Winehouse looked on tearfully as her husband was remanded in custody charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice.

Blake Fielder-Civil, 25, of Jeffrey’s Place, Camden, north London, appeared at Thames Magistrates’ Court, east London.

District Judge John Perkins remanded Fielder-Civil in custody until November 23 when he will appear at Snaresbrook Crown Court, east London.

A second man, Anthony Kelly, 25, of Constable House, Chalk Farm, north London, appeared in court alongside Fielder-Civil, charged with a similar offence.

He was also remanded in custody until November 23.


Amy Winehouse’s husband is charged - Nov 10 2007
The husband of singer Amy Winehouse has been charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice, Scotland Yard said.

Blake Fielder-Civil, 25, of Jeffrey’s Place, Camden, north London, will appear with another man, Anthony Kelly, 25, of Constable House, Chalk Farm, north London, who has been charged with the same offence, at Thames Magistrates Court on Saturday morning.

A 22-year-old and a 19-year-old have been released on police bail to return on February 11, police said.

A 36-year-old man arrested in Derbyshire remains in custody at a north London police station.

Fielder-Civil is one of five men arrested over the last two days on suspicion of perverting the course of justice in relation to a court case due to start on Monday at London’s Snaresbrook Crown Court.

In that trial Fielder-Civil and Michael Brown, 39, face charges of assault causing grievous bodily harm relating to an incident on June 20 this year.

The judge is expected to make a decision on Monday about whether the case can be heard at this stage.

Pictures of Ms Winehouse kissing Fielder-Civil as he was led away in handcuffs from an east London flat were published in Friday’s Daily Mirror.

In The Sun newspaper on Saturday, Ms Winehouse’s mother-in-law, Georgette Civil, is quoted as saying: "Amy’s totally distraught. She kept saying to me, ’I love him. He’s done nothing wrong’.

"She was really upset because she couldn’t go and visit him. Amy has told me she’ll stand by Blake whatever happens."