Doherty given suspended jail term
7:17pm Friday 26th October 2007
Comments (13)Marlborough's newest celebrity resident Pete Doherty has been handed a suspended jail sentence for a string of drug and motoring offences.
Singer Doherty, 28, was given a four-month custodial sentence suspended for two years.
He was also handed an 18-month supervision order and a 12-month drug rehabilitation order by district judge Davinder Lachhar at West London Magistrates' Court.
She also ordered that he pay a £400 fine for an offence of driving with no insurance and a £75 fine for having no MOT certificate.
The Babyshambles frontman left to a chorus of cheers from waiting fans, who had earlier packed into the public gallery of the court to hear their idol's fate.
Asked if he was pleased at the result of the hearing, Doherty said: "Eh, you must be joking."
The singer, wearing a dark suit, white shirt and a trademark trilby hat refused to comment further and covered his face as he jumped into a waiting car.
During the hearing the court was told that Doherty was arrested while driving a blue Jaguar in High Street, Kensington, west London at about 10pm on May 5.
Officers found a number of substances both on his person and in the car. Doherty subsequently pleaded guilty to possession of crack cocaine, heroine, ketamine and cannabis and various driving offences.
Handing down the sentence, Judge Lachhar said: "You have made strides and I hope you will continue in doing so. I would hate to see you going backwards."
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ChryslerUK, Wiltshire says...
10:10pm Fri 26 Oct 07
kathy27, calne says...
11:40pm Fri 26 Oct 07
kathy27, calne says...
11:41pm Fri 26 Oct 07
Grant, Marlborough says...
12:46am Sat 27 Oct 07
(later seen in WH Spliff)
Anon emouse, Around and about says...
2:44pm Sun 28 Oct 07
Annoymus, wiltshire says...
4:43pm Mon 29 Oct 07
tyler durden, says...
11:54pm Thu 1 Nov 07
Annoymus wrote:Could someone translate that into English please?
he is fit as fk keep him in malbra blud xxx
mjh, Marlborough says...
5:48pm Sat 3 Nov 07
tyler durden wrote:Yes, no problem it translates as "I am a uneducated teenage girl, who has no hope of any decent future, as i'm not very bright. So i'm planning to latch onto a c-list celebrity to drag me out of the gutter and onto the pages of OK magazine, then i'll be happy and successful"
Annoymus wrote:Could someone translate that into English please?
he is fit as fk keep him in malbra blud xxx
Methinks she might be better off aiming for a footballer..
Annoymus, wiltshire says...
12:15pm Tue 6 Nov 07
mjh, Marlborough says...
12:38pm Tue 6 Nov 07
Annoymus, wiltshire says...
2:57pm Tue 6 Nov 07
mjh, Marlborough says...
4:12pm Tue 6 Nov 07
Pete Doherty has been given a suspended jail term
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spooks, calne says...
9:25pm Fri 26 Oct 07