OSLO (AFP) - British soul singer Amy Winehouse's court date in Norway on a drug possession charge has been postponed until further notice, the court in the western town of Bergen said Thursday.

"One of the people involved in the case, Blake Fielder-Civil, Amy Winehouse's husband, is currently in jail in Britain and can't make the trip," Anne Vedvik of the Bergen courthouse told AFP.

Winehouse had been due to appear on Friday.

"The hearing has therefore been postponed to an undetermined date," Vedvik said.

The 24-year-old singer, who recently won five Grammy awards, was arrested with her husband and her hairdresser in Bergen last October after they were caught with seven grammes of marijuana in their possession at a local hotel.

Winehouse was released after paying a 500-euro (756 -dollar) fine, which she has since contested.

Agreeing to pay a fine in Norway is the equivalent of admitting to the charges, which could make it difficult to obtain visas in the future -- as was believed to be the case for Winehouse recently when she was initially refused travel to the United States to attend the Grammy awards show.

The young diva has fought alcohol and drugs, self-harm and eating disorders in the public eye, and was hospitalised last year after an overdose.

Her husband has been on remand in prison since November awaiting trial on assault and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice charges.

He allegedly tried to bribe a barman not to testify against him in an assault case.

Source: AFP