Singer Winehouse cautioned for assault

LONDON, England (AP) -- Amy Winehouse left a London police station Saturday after receiving a formal police caution for assault.

The 24-year-old soul diva spent the night at Holborn Station in central London and was questioned about reports that she scuffled with two men during a night out.

Police said a 24-year-old woman had been cautioned for common assault. British police do not identify suspects who have not been charged.

The caution means Winehouse has not been charged, but the incident will remain on the record and could count against her if she is ever charged with a similar offense in future.

A man was quoted in tabloid newspapers as saying Winehouse hit him when he got in her way while she was playing pool at a bar in the Camden neighborhood of London. He said she also head-butted another man who was trying to hail her a cab in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Winehouse and her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, were arrested in the Norwegian city of Bergen in October and held overnight on charges of drug possession. A video of her allegedly smoking crack hit the Internet shortly before she won five Grammys this year for her critically acclaimed album "Back to Black."

She was arrested in London in December on suspicion of attempting to interfere with a court case involving Fielder-Civil, but earlier this year police said prosecutors were no longer pursuing the affair.

Fielder-Civil is in jail awaiting trial on charges of perverting the course of justice stemming from a case in which he is accused of assaulting a barman.

Winehouse's musical career has flourished despite her erratic behavior, missed concerts and stints in drug rehab. The Sunday Times newspaper's annual Rich List this week estimated her wealth at £10 million ($20 million; €13 million). E-mail to a friend

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