{"id":19734,"date":"2010-08-12T14:22:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-12T13:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/uncategorized\/george-michael-charged-over-snappy-snaps-collision-19734"},"modified":"2014-09-02T16:17:38","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T15:17:38","slug":"george-michael-charged-over-snappy-snaps-collision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/george-michael-charged-over-snappy-snaps-collision\/","title":{"rendered":"George Michael charged over Snappy Snaps collision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/keyassets.timeincuk.net\/inspirewp\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/08\/snappysnaps.low_..jpg\" alt=\"Snappy Snaps Hampstead\"><\/img><em>The front window and door of the Hampstead shop were damaged<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>George Michael has today been charged with possession of cannabis and driving while under the influence of drink or drugs after crashing into a branch of Snappy Snaps last month.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 47-year-old was released on police bail and will appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates Court on 24 August, a Metropolitan Police spokesman confirmed to <em>Amateur Photographer<\/em> (AP).<\/p>\n<p>The singing legend was arrested after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amateurphotographer.com\/news\/george_michael_crashes_car_into_snappy_snaps_update_with_latest_pic_news_299773.html\" title=\"driving his car into the Snappy Snaps article\">driving his car into the Snappy Snaps<\/a> in Hampstead, London in the early hours of 4 July.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood that his Range Rover caused minor damage to the shop&#8217;s front window and door (see above).<\/p>\n<p>Speaking shortly after the incident, a Snappy Snaps spokeswoman told AP that it would welcome the singer back to its Hampstead store &#8211; but preferably <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amateurphotographer.com\/news\/snappy_snaps_george_michael_welcome_when_shop_is_open_update_news_299777.html\" title=\"when it is open for business article\">when it is open for business<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The Hampstead shop is visited by a number of celebrities in the area who ask Snappy Snaps staff to keep their identities confidential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George Michael has today been charged with possession of cannabis and driving while under the influence of drink or drugs after crashing into a branch of Snappy Snaps last month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"product-category":[],"class_list":["post-19734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photo-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.8 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - 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