Maltese in London to be interviewed on Amy Winehouse death

UK police are to interview a Maltese in London, Tony Azzopardi  after he alleged to have taken singer Amy Winehouse to buy crack cocaine and heroin hours before she died.

The 56-year-old, who says he became friends with Amy, 27, through her former husband Blake Fielder-Civil, has promised to do all he can to help police piece together her final hours, the Daily Mirror reports.

"I want Amy's family to know the truth about what happened. I want to help them out – but I'm worried about my safety."

He said he was nervous about possible "comebacks" from the dealer, describing him as a local "Mr Big" in the Camden area of North London.

Several people claim to have seen Amy outside Camden bar The Good Mixer a week ago on Friday evening, the night before she was found dead.

Azzopardi claims she pulled alongside him in a black cab as he walked near a pub called The Eagle at 11.30pm.

He says she asked him to help her buy drugs and they went in the taxi to West Hampstead, where he made a call to a dealer from a phone box.

As they waited, he says Amy told him she was annoyed that Fielder-Civil had been ringing her from prison, and "hassling" her.

Azzopardi said the dealer, who he claims was known to Amy, arrived in a car and handed over drugs. He says she paid £1,200 for half an ounce of crack and the same of heroin.

Later, he says, she dropped him off in nearby Archway before she went home in the early hours of Saturday. Amy was found at 4pm that day. Police said they found no evidence of drugs or drug ­paraphenalia in her home.

Doctors revealed she had been dead for several hours.

"When Amy dropped me off, she gave me a kiss on the cheek and that was it – the last time I saw her," Azzopardi said.

"She looked good, you know, fit – like she'd been clean for a while and filled out a bit. I couldn't believe it when I found out she was gone."