Amy Winehouse Funeral To Go Ahead But Blake Is Banned

Amy Winehouse's close family and friends will attend the singer's private funeral at a north London cemetery at around 3pm today (26th July 2011), according to the UK's Sun newspaper. However, Amy's ex-boyfriend Blake Fielder-Civil has been warned to stay away from the ceremony by the singer's father Mitch.
Despite the ban, Fielder-Civil had already been denied compassionate leave from Armley prison in Leeds, where he is serving 32 months for burglary and a firearm offence. Nevertheless, a source close to the Winehouse family claimed, "Mitch thinks it would be a complete insult for him to be there and if he really loved Amy, he wouldn't cause any more heartache by showing up.He will always believe Blake is responsible for getting his daughter hooked on Class A drugs which marked the beginning of her self-destruction". The couple's tumultuous relationship was well documented, but they split in 2009 after a string of violent arguments. It has been reported that following her disastrous gig in Serbia last month, Amy bombarded Blake with phone calls and letters - a source added, "In one of their final conversations he told her she was jeopardising his recovery and her own - a conversation which is now racking him with guilt".
A post-mortem examination into Amy Winehouse's death took place on Monday but no results were made public. Toxicology tests could take up to four weeks and an inquest was adjourned until October.