Father of singer Amy ‘spoke to her through a psychic’

Mitch Winehouse has told fans of his daughter that he has spoken to her through a psychic.

Mr Winehouse said he communicated with Amy, who died last year, on Tuesday and she “is fully behind everything that we’re doing and she’s up in heaven waving her magic wand”.

He was speaking at an event in New York to launch the US version of her charitable foundation and was joined by Amy’s mother, Janis, and her younger brother, Alex. They held a press conference in Joe’s Pub where Winehouse gave her first American performance on 16 January, 2007.

The foundation was formally established in the UK last year and to date has allocated more than £275,000 to various organisations, organisers said.

A brief film showing the foundation’s British achievements was shown during the conference.