 Troubled singer Amy Winehouse accidentally drank herself to death at her north London home, a coroner has confirmed. But that verdict, delivered by deputy assistant coroner Suzanne Greenaway, could not stand after it was found she had been wrongfully appointed by the area's senior coroner, who was also her husband. The inquest, which originally concluded in October 2011, had to be re-opened after it emerged the first coroner had not been properly qualified. The court heard there had been no suspicious circumstances and no evidence of illicit drugs in the 27-year-old's system - but the level of alcohol in her blood had been over five times the drink-drive limit. She said Winehouse "voluntarily consumed alcohol" and added "two empty vodka bottles were on the floor" beside her bed when her body was discovered. But she stepped down in November 2011 when it emerged that she did not have the requisite five years' experience in the Law Society. Dr Reid resigned from his position last month after the Office for Judicial Complaints launched disciplinary proceedings against him.
– A second inquest into Amy Winehouse's death has ended with the same conclusion as the first: The singer died after drinking too much alcohol. The second coroner also ruled it a "death by misadventure," or accidental alcohol poisoning, and confirmed that Winehouse's blood alcohol level was five times the legal limit for driving, Sky News reports. The second inquest was ordered after the original coroner was found not to have the correct qualifications for her position, but the verdict had not been expected to change. The second coroner noted that "two empty vodka bottles were on the floor" next to Winehouse's bed when the singer was found, the BBC reports. Winehouse's doctor said in a written statement that she'd seen her the night before her death. "She specifically said she did not want to die." But Winehouse "was genuinely unwilling to follow the advice of doctors, being someone who wanted to do things her own way."