London:
Singer George Michael has decided to serve his jail term in full as his lawyers have dropped a planned appeal against his sentence.
The Careless Whisper hitmaker intended to mount a legal challenge to his eight-week prison sentence for possessing cannabis and driving under the influence of drugs.
But his legal team withdrew its application just hours ahead of a scheduled appeal and bail hearing at a court in London on Friday, reported Contactmusic.
A court spokesperson said a letter from criminal defence firm Burton Copeland stated the 47-year-old singer was officially "abandoning the appeal".
Michael was jailed for eight weeks on Tuesday and hit with a $ 1,875 fine for crashing his Range Rover into a shopfront near his home in Hampstead, north London, in July while he was high on cannabis.
The singer is due to be released after serving half his sentence.
The Careless Whisper hitmaker intended to mount a legal challenge to his eight-week prison sentence for possessing cannabis and driving under the influence of drugs.
But his legal team withdrew its application just hours ahead of a scheduled appeal and bail hearing at a court in London on Friday, reported Contactmusic.
A court spokesperson said a letter from criminal defence firm Burton Copeland stated the 47-year-old singer was officially "abandoning the appeal".
Michael was jailed for eight weeks on Tuesday and hit with a $ 1,875 fine for crashing his Range Rover into a shopfront near his home in Hampstead, north London, in July while he was high on cannabis.
The singer is due to be released after serving half his sentence.
