Phil Rudd isn't the first musician to find himself in trouble with the law
Phil Rudd isn't the first musician to find himself in trouble with the law
As news breaks that AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd has been sentenced to home detention, we take a look at the other famous rockers and musicians who found themselves singing the jail house rock.
Crime: Sexual assault Sentence: Nine months of a four-and-a-half year maximum sentence
Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday
Crime: Drug possession Sentence: Ten months
David Crosby of Crosby, Stills and Nash
Crosby Stills and Nash - David Crosby (left)
Crime: Possessing heroin and cocaine Sentence: Nine months
Lil' Kim
Lil' Kim performing with P Diddy. Photo / Getty
Crime: Perjury and conspiracy for lying to a grand jury about her friends involvement in a 2001 shooting outside a radio station Sentence: One year and one day
Rick James
Singer Rick James in 2004. Photo / Getty
Crime: Holding a 26 year old hostage for six days and assaulting a music executive in Hollywood Sentence: Two years
Chuck Berry
Singer Chuck Berry in 2013. Photo / Getty
Crime: Armed robbery as a teenager Sentence: Three years
James Brown
James Brown in 2006. Photo / Ollie Dale
Crime: Theft as a teenager and later was charged for assaulting a police officer and carrying an unlicensed gun Sentence: Three years for the first; served two years of a six year sentence for the latter
Gary Glitter
Glam rock singer Gary Glitter in the late 1970s. Photo / Getty
Crime: Possessing child pornography, attempted rape and sex with a minor Sentence: 16 years jail
Phil Spector
Phil Spector (left) in court in 2003. Photo / Getty
Crime: Murder of actress Lana Clarkson Sentence: Life: he will be 88 before he is eligible for parole
