Amy Winehouse's mum: 'I'm glad her husband is behind bars'

Although Amy has been distraught since Blake Fielder-Civil was arrested, Janis Winehouse believes it might be the best thing that has happened.

She is hoping that the troubled singer can start tackling her addiction to hard drugs and said she blames her son-in-law for the abuse problems.

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She said: "I step back, look at life and think, well, I can see life taking care of the situation.

"I was more worried when they were together. I think, while they are apart, she will wake up and think: 'What have I done?'"

Blake was arrested this month. He is accused of attempting to pervert the course of justice.

However, sources close to the singer say that without her husband, Amy is leaning more heavily on heroin.

Janis' claims are surprising given that she and her husband dialled 999 last week after they lost contact with their daughter.

The worried parents alerted police and ambulance crews because they were alarmed about her mental state after husband Blake Fielder-Civil was sent to jail.

The couple directed the emergency services to the East London flat where she's been staying since Blake was sent to Pentonville Prison last week.

An ambulance arrived at 7.30pm but couldn't find the troubled singer. She arrived home unharmed just after police arrived at 9pm.

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The 24-year-old may well be shocked to hear these strong emotions from her own mother, because Janis has not yet told her in person.

She told First Magazine: "I haven't spoken to Amy about all this, but I know at the moment she's living with a friend she's known since drama school, and I believe she'll pull through."

It has been a tough few weeks for Amy. Her tour manager quit last week and yesterday she was criticised by the United Nations for glorifying drugs.

The Rehab singer was in tears last week when she wasn't allowed to visit her husband, who's in jail after being accused of GBH and attempting to pervert the course of justice.

Blake's mother Georgette took yesterday's only permitted visit pass.

Sources say Amy hadn't even put her name down the mandatory 24 hours in advance to visit Blake.

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A friend said: "She is planning to stand by him, whatever the outcome of the case.

"Her friends though are trying to pull her the other way now she is no longer under his influence.

"A number of them are over the moon he has been locked away as it gives them a chance to work on her - but she seems determined to stick by him."

Miss Winehouse, who is paying her husband's legal fees, has optimistically bought them both an all-expenses paid trip to India as a Christmas present in the hope he will be released and cleared of all charges in time.

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Last Wednesday, Amy performed a shambolic gig in Birmingham, where she forgot her words, fell over and swore at the audience.

But she performed well at the second gig of her UK tour in Glasgow on Sunday.

A full version of this interview, plus images, appears in this week's issue of First Magazine, out now.