Winehouse violence 'deliberate', court hears

Singer Amy Winehouse reacted with "deliberate and unjustifiable violence" when a dancer politely asked her for a photograph at a charity ball, a court heard today.

Prosecutor Lyall Thompson said the 25-year-old singer appeared to be under the influence of alcohol or "some other substance" when she struck dancer Sherene Flash at the summer ball in Berkeley Square, central London, last September.