Winehouse Hubby Held After Charges

LONDON, Nov. 10, 2007 — -- The husband of soul singer Amy Winehouse, Blake Fielder-Civil, has officially been charged along with another man with perverting the course of justice, a Scotland Yard spokesman told ABC News.

"They will remain in custody until they appear to court on November 23," a Scotland Yard spokesman told ABC News.

Two other men who were also arrested on Thursday were released after posting bail.

Fielder-Civil has been connected to the beating of James King, a barman in North London, Scotland Yard told ABC News, a brutal assault which reportedly left the victim with severe facial injuries.

According to media reports, Fielder-Civil and a friend later sought to bribe the barman, urging him to revise the testimony he gave to the authorities.

If accused of perverting the course of justice, these men could face life sentences.

On Thursday British police forced their way into the home of soul singer Amy Winehouse and her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, the same day that he was reportedly arrested with three other men.

According to reports in the British media, police smashed open the couple's front door to gain entry to their home in North London. Winehouse and Fielder-Civil were not in the house at the time.

Winehouse's spokesman, Shan O'Neill, told ABC News that Winehouse "had not been charged or arrested" in connection with the case. O'Neill said that the singer's U.K. tour was still going ahead as planned.

Photos of Winehouse planting a farewell kiss on a handcuffed Fielder-Civil were splashed over several pages of today's Daily Mirror tabloid. "Baby, I love you," Winehouse is reported to have said to her husband as police led him away.

The incident is the latest in a string of difficulties for the freshly wed 24-year-old Winehouse.