Amy Winehouse arrested on suspicion of assault: police

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LONDON (AFP) — The award-winning British soul singer Amy Winehouse was arrested Friday in connection with claims that she attacked two men during a boozy night out, Scotland Yard said.

"A 24-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of assault after attending a central London police station by appointment. She is currently in custody," a spokesman said in a statement.

Grammy award-winning Winehouse, who has fought a public battle with alcohol, drugs, self-harm and an eating disorder and was charged with cannabis possession in Norway last year, was not named in line with force policy.

But she was seen by a crowd of photographers and reporters arriving at Holborn police station in a silver people carrier shortly before 5:10 pm (1610 GMT).

Her...