George Michael released from prison after four weeks
International
oi-Prakash KL
By Ramchander
London,
(ANI):
George
Michael,
who
was
jailed
for
crashing
his
Range
Rover
while
high
on
cannabis,
has
been
released
from
prison
after
four
weeks.
The
pop
star,
47,
was
freed
from
Highpoint
Prison
in
Suffolk.
The
former
Wham!
star,
whose
real
name
is
Georgios
Panayiotou,
was
jailed
on
September
14
after
he
admitted
driving
while
unfit
through
drugs
and
possessing
two
cannabis
cigarettes
when
he
appeared
at
London's
Highbury
Corner
Magistrates'
Court,
reports
the
Telegraph.
Michael
was
moved
to
the
softer
Category
C
Highpoint,
where
Moors
Murderer
Myra
Hindley
served
the
last
three
years
of
her
life
sentence,
from
Pentonville
in
north
London
last
month.
He
was
found
slumped
at
the
wheel
of
a
car
after
it
smashed
into
a
branch
of
photo
store
Snappy
Snaps
in
north
London
in
July.
The
singer,
who
had
a
previous
conviction
for
the
same
offence,
was
told
by
District
Judge
John
Perkins
that
there
was
no
option
but
jail.