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Friday, 16 January 2009

BREAKING NEWS Boy George jailed for 15 months

Singer sent down for attacking male escort

Boy George was on trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court

Boy George has been sentenced to 15 months in jail for falsely imprisoning a male escort at his home in Shoreditch, east London.

The singer, real name George O’Dowd, was found guilty of handcuffing Audun Carlsen to his bedroom wall and thrashing him with a metal chain last April.

George, 46, had accused the 29-year-old Norwegian of stealing photos from his laptop.

Judge David Radford told the star he was guilty of ‘gratuitous violence’ and ordered him to pay £5,000 in costs.

According to George's brother, the former Culture Club member wouldn't give evidence during his trial to spare his 70-year-old mum Dinah O'Dowd from being embarrassed.