Pop Singer George Michael Behind Bars

(Pentonville Prison, England) In July, 47-year-old popular recording star George Michael crashed his Range Rover into the Snappy Snaps shop in North London while stoned out of his mind.

Slumped over the wheel, Michael repeatedly denied crashing into anything as he was arrested for drug-driving, second offense.

On Tuesday, Michael was sentenced by Judge John Perkins to eight weeks in jail for his second drug-driving conviction. He was also banned from driving for five years.

Cheering broke out round Pentonville jail when prisoners found out pop star George Michael was being locked up with them.

But their joy was not shared by the traumatised singer yesterday after he was strip-searched, put in the sex offenders' block and mocked by inmates screaming out twisted versions of his hits.

In the most harrowing 12 minutes of his first full day, Michael - aka prisoner A8365AW - was escorted to the shower block to the relentless chants of "Guilty George has got no Freedom".

Michael was particularly unhappy when being strip-searched, telling the guards, "God, is this really necessary? It's degrading." Subsequently, he had to surrender his fancy pin-stripe suit for a prison maroon-colored uniform, also demoralizing.

Michael was housed with the pedophiles, perverts, and sexual deviants since jail officers decided he needed to be protected from the general inmate population. Interestingly, one must sleep with the sexual deviants to feel safe.

Michael was distraught when guards told him he was not allowed any visitors for his first 48 hours behind bars. His only contact with the outside world has been a three-minute phone call to boyfriend Kenny Goss.

A prison insider revealed: "George wants to see Kenny but he can't have any visitors until Friday. He spoke to him on the phone at reception for three minutes and asked for him to bring some of his clothes in." Inmate Chris Smith, who was released yesterday, added: "He was in bits. The guards said he was crying in his cell."

Michael is scheduled to be transferred to another prison next week.