Published Friday, 24 July 2009
Burlesque dancer Sherene Flash claimed the 25-year-old hit her forcefully in the right eye after she asked the singer for a photograph while backstage at the Prince's Trust Ball in Berkeley Square, central London, last September.
But District Judge Timothy Workman, sitting at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court in London, dismissed the case against Winehouse on Friday.
Winehouse looked confused as the verdict was read out and shrugged her shoulders.
The star, who fanned herself with a notepad throughout the hearing, did not leave the dock until her solicitor appeared to clarify the not guilty verdict.
As she left the courtroom, she told reporters: "I'm relieved. I'm going home."
Delivering his verdict, the judge said: "Having heard the evidence from all the witnesses, I cannot be sure that this was not an accident. The charge is dismissed and the defendant discharged."