Winehouse: I’m too short to hit fan

British singer Amy Winehouse is pictured during a break in her trial outside Westminster Magistrates Court in London, on July 23, 2009. British singer Amy Winehouse launched an "unjustifiable" attack on a female fan who politely asked her for a photograph at a charity ball, a court heard on Thursday. The 25-year-old songstress -- said to be on the road to recovery from her drug addiction -- denies beating Sherene Flash, a dancer, in an incident in Berkeley Square, central London, on September 26, 2008. AFP PHOTO/Shaun Curry — British singer Amy Winehouse is pictured during a break in her trial outside Westminster Magistrates Court in London, on July 23, 2009. British singer Amy Winehouse launched an “unjustifiable” attack on a female fan who politely asked her for a photograph at a charity ball, a court heard on Thursday. The 25-year-old songstress — said to be on the road to recovery from her drug addiction — denies beating Sherene Flash, a dancer, in an incident in Berkeley Square, central London, on September 26, 2008. AFP PHOTO/Shaun Curry

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PUBLISHED: July 23, 2009 at 3:22 PM MDT | UPDATED: May 6, 2016 at 9:57 PM MDT

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LONDON — Amy Winehouse told a London court Thursday that she was too short to have punched a fan in the face, saying her trademark beehive hairstyle makes her look taller than she is.

The 25-year-old “Back to Black” singer is on trial, accused of hitting Sherene Flash in the eye after the fan asked to take her picture following a September charity ball in London.

Winehouse told the judge that, at “5- foot-2 1/2 or 5-foot-3,” she was too short to have hit the woman in the face. Flash is 5 foot 7 inches.

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