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Singer Boy George sentenced to 15 months in jail

Former Culture Club frontman Boy George was sentenced on Friday to 15 months in jail after being found guilty last month of falsely imprisoning Norwegian male escort Audun Carlsen, whom he met over the Internet.

Updated on: Jan 17, 2009, 10:12:43 IST
Reuters | By , London
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Former Culture Club frontman Boy George was sentenced on Friday to 15 months in jail after being found guilty last month of falsely imprisoning Norwegian male escort Audun Carlsen, whom he met over the Internet.

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Tried under his real name George O'Dowd, the 47-year-old Briton denied a charge of false imprisonment at his London flat in April, 2007.

After a London jury ruled against O'Dowd, judge David Radford warned that a prison term was "the more likely option".

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