Boy George released from prison 11 months early

Boy George released from prison 11 months early

Boy George has been released from prison 11 months early.
The former Culture Club singer – real name George O’Dowd – left Suffolk’s
Edmunds Hill Prison after serving just four months
of his 15-month sentence for the false imprisonment and assault of male
escort Audun Carlsen.
Looking relaxed and somewhat slimmer, the 47-year-old star – who was
sporting a neatly-trimmed grey beard - smiled and saluted waiting
photographers as he left the institution.
George was granted early release for good behaviour but must wear a
monitoring ankle tag, adhere to a curfew and report regularly to a probation
officer.
The ‘Do You Really Want To Hurt Me’ singer was initially incarcerated in
London’s tough Pentonville Prison after being sentenced in January, but was
transferred to the less-strict Edmunds Hill facility.
Scandinavian Carlsen, 29, had alleged George and an unnamed male attacked
him after a drug-fuelled photo shoot. He said the pair had handcuffed him
and attached him to a hook drilled into the wall next to George’s bed.
Carlsen also claimed George beat him with a chain as he tried to escape from
the property.
George – whose actions were branded “callous and degrading” by Judger David
Radford at the end of the trial - denied the charge of false imprisonment
and accused Carlsen of trying to steal private photos from his computer.
The ‘Karma Chameleon’ star – who has a history of drink and drug addiction –
did not give evidence in his trial at London's Snaresbrook Crown Court
because he didn’t want to upset his mother.