May 10, 2009, 11:00 GMT
Boy George is set to be released from prison.
British pop singer Boy George The Culture Club singer is reportedly being freed from Edmunds Hill jail in Suffolk next week after serving four months of his 15-month sentence for falsely imprisoning a male escort. EPA/ANDY RAIN
The Culture Club singer is reportedly being freed from Edmunds Hill jail in Suffolk next week after serving four months of his 15-month sentence for falsely imprisoning a male escort.
George is being let early after due to good behaviour - he pleased staff by taking on a job in the prison canteen - but other inmates are unhappy at the decision, claiming he has received special treatment.
One said: "George is getting out of here in the shortest possible time. He's been a good prisoner like a lot of us, but he does seem to have been treated with kid gloves and it's caused jealousy."
The 47-year-old star will be given an electronic ankle tag when he leaves, and will be put under a strict curfew meaning he will have to be at a designated address at certain times during the day or night.
Last December, George was found guilty of detaining Norwegian model Audun Carlsen when he visited the singer's home in April 2007.
Carlson alleged the singer and an unnamed male attacked him after a drug-fuelled photoshoot, handcuffing him and attaching him to a hook in the wall by George's bed.
He also claimed the star beat him with a chain when he tried to escape.
George denied the charge of false imprisonment, but admitted handcuffing Carlsen during the shoot.
A prison service spokesman said: "We don't comment on the release date of individual prisoners."
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