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Boy George walks free from prison
By Kiran Randhawa Last updated at 14:59pm on 11.05.09
Free: Boy George
Boy George saluted and beamed with delight as he walked out of prison today after serving just a quarter of his sentence.
The eighties popstar was freed from Edmunds Hill jail in Suffolk four months into a 15-month term for chaining a male escort to a hook in his bedroom.
Dressed in a black zip-up top and looking healthier and noticeably slimmer than when he went in, the former Culture Club frontman loaded five holdalls into a blacked-out Land Rover waiting for him outside.
The 47-year-old, whose real name is George O'Dowd, was given permission for early release for good behaviour, but will wear an ankle monitoring tag and adhere to a curfew.
He was jailed in January for assaulting and falsely imprisoning male prostitute Audun Carlsen in his Shoreditch home in April 2007.
The 29-year-old Norwegian managed to free himself and fled in his underpants into the street, screaming for help.
The singer spent a few weeks in London's Pentonville Prison before being moved to Category C Edmunds Hill, where Jade Goody's husband Jack Tweed is serving time for attacking a taxi driver.
