Amy Winehouse's Mother-in-law: 'Blake Saved Her Life'

Amy Winehouse's mother-in-law Georgette Civil has blasted the singer's father after he blamed Blake Fielder-Civil for introducing the singer to hard drugs.

Mitch Winehouse said yesterday, "My biggest fear is that she would die, and she won’t die from an overdose—she will die from emphysema. We would be talking about a very slow and painful death, gasping for air."

Mitch, 57, blamed Blake -- who is in jail awaiting sentence for GBH and perverting the course of justice -- for Amy's continued substance abuse, adding, "Everyone knows that—apart from Blake’s mum and dad."

But Georgette last night hit back at Mitch's claims, insisting Blake saved the Rehab hitmaker's life when she collapsed at her London flat last year.

She said, "Blake saved her life when Amy had a fit last August. He then had the good sense to call an ambulance.

"They said she had a heart problem then and had a seizure brought on by drugs.

"Blake has never mentioned to me that Amy has emphysema. What I think she has is a heart problem and it is all tragically drug-related."

She added to Britain's News of The World, "It's a real shame Mitch isn't going to stop blaming Blake for Amy's drug problems. It makes me mad.

"Amy has done more drugs and had affairs while Blake has been in prison. Why don’t they ever stop blaming Blake?"