Winehouse given caution for assault

The troubled singer spent the night in a cell at Holborn police station in central London after being arrested.

She was held after she went to the police station voluntarily on Friday to be questioned over an assault.

A Scotland Yard spokesman said on Saturday: "She has left the police station. She has been cautioned for common assault."

Her departure, apparently by a back exit from the police station, gave the slip to reporters, photographers and camera crews camped at the front.

Reports said she was accused of attacking two men in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

The 24-year-old was alleged to have headbutted a Good Samaritan who hailed her a taxi outside a bar.

She was also said to have punched a second person in the face.

On Friday a spokesman for the singer said she would be attending voluntarily by appointment with the police.

He understood she would be questioned over an alleged incident in London in the early hours of April 23.