Boy George starts his clean sweep

Singer Boy George has been sweeping streets in New York as part of a five-day community service sentence.



But the former Culture Club frontman, real name George O'Dowd, was moved into a fenced-off area after only 30 minutes because he was mobbed by the media.

He wore a fluorescent jacket, gloves and sunglasses. He had previously made light of the punishment by saying that he had "always been a scrubber".