{"id":484286,"date":"2026-03-19T16:35:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/484286\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T16:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:35:11","slug":"amy-winehouses-love-rival-who-shared-two-children-with-the-singers-ex-husband-blake-fielder-civil-suffered-unnatural-death-at-47-inquest-hears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/484286\/","title":{"rendered":"Amy Winehouse’s love rival who shared two children with the singer’s ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil suffered ‘unnatural’ death at 47, inquest hears"},"content":{"rendered":"

By ELIZABETH HAIGH, SENIOR NEWS REPORTER<\/a> <\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 07:09 EDT, 19 March 2026 | Updated: 08:34 EDT, 19 March 2026 <\/p>\n

The love rival of singer\u00a0Amy Winehouse<\/a>, who shared two children with her ex-husband, suffered an ‘unnatural’ death, an inquest has heard.<\/p>\n

Sarah Aspin, 47, began dating Blake Fielder-Civil\u00a0in 2011, after he split from Winehouse following a tempestuous two-year marriage.<\/p>\n

Ms Aspin, who had two children with Mr Fielder-Civil, was found dead at home, in Leeds, West Yorkshire, on February 7.<\/p>\n

Area Coroner Oliver Longstaff told Wakefield Coroner’s Court that a toxicology report found Ms Aspin’s body had levels of methadone, dihydroceine and zopilcone in ‘a combination of concentrations likely to have contributed to her death’.<\/p>\n

Methadone is used to manage heroin addiction, zopiclone is a sleeping pill, and the other two drugs are powerful pain killers.<\/p>\n

The court heard that Ms Aspin was single and unemployed at the time of her death.<\/p>\n

She was found ‘unresponsive’ at her home in Primrose Hill Drive, Swillington, by her partner Glen Redhead.<\/p>\n

Paramedics were called but Ms Aspin was sadly pronounced dead at 7.05am.<\/p>\n

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Sarah Aspin, 47, who went on to have a relationship with Winehouse\u2019s ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil, was found dead at her modest council house in Leeds, West Yorkshire<\/p>\n

\"Amy <\/p>\n

Amy Winehouse met Mr Fielder-Civil in 2005 and the pair embarked on a whirlwind relationship<\/p>\n

Mr Longstaff said he is still awaiting a formal cause of death from pathologist Chris Johnson.<\/p>\n

He said that Ms Aspin’s death was not ‘natural’ due to the large amount of medication in her system and he adjourned the inquest for further enquiries.<\/p>\n

Ms Aspin began dating Mr Fielder-Civil in 2011 after they met in rehab in 2009.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, their relationship was blighted by his tangled love life with the Back to Black singer.<\/p>\n

Ms Aspin famously told Amy to ‘keep her hands off’ Blake – warning her: ‘He is mine and we are a family now.’<\/p>\n

Just days later, as Mr Fielder-Civil began a 32-month prison sentence for burglary and a firearm offence, Amy was found dead from alcohol poisoning.<\/p>\n

It is understood Mr Fielder-Civil separated from Ms Aspin in 2018.<\/p>\n

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Ms Aspin’s death\u00a0was not ‘natural’ due to the large amount of medication in her system, a coroner has ruled<\/p>\n

Following Ms Aspin’s death, her eldest daughter paid a tearful tribute on social media.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sharing childhood pictures and videos of the pair together, Melody-Rose Hampshire wrote: ‘Love and miss you forever and always mum.<\/p>\n

‘Rest in eternal peace. Life [is] going to be boring without you in it.’<\/p>\n

Ms Aspin’s cousin, Leanne Eastwood, added: ‘Sweet dreams to my beautiful cousin Sarah Aspin. Hope you finally found peace. Till we meet again. Gutted.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mr Fielder-Civil began dating the Back To Black singer after they first met in 2005.<\/p>\n

They embarked on a whirlwind relationship which would see them marry in Miami in 2007.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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