Taking Libertines
‘BACK for another performance at Thames Magistrates Court, Pete Doherty assumes his usual place in the dock and prepares to give the crowd what they want.
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Pete Doherty – coming to a court near you. See press for details |
He duly pleads guilty to charges of drug possession heroin, cannabis and crack cocaine. Judge Jane McIver drums her fingers on her plinth and taps a toe in time to the beat.
It is going to be a long and slow process but you are showing significant signs of compliance and effort, says Judge McIvor in a departure from the usual clapping, cheering and even whooping that follows one of Dohertys gigs.
Judge McIver may be a critic, but she is no killjoy and spares Doherty a prison sentence, sentencing him to a community order with two years supervision and 18 months drug rehabilitation. She also bans him from driving for six months.
Doherty has escaped prison. This is a verdict all the more remarkable considering that in February the former Libertines singer was given a 12-month community order for drug possession.
And Judge McIvor may not have to wait long for another front-row seat at a Doherty performance. As the Sun reports, not long after escaping jail, Doherty was nicked for suspected drugs offences by plain-clothes police officers.
The paper say that the pop f***wit was nabbed in Spitalfields, East London. Substances were found on his person and sent for tests.
If these are proven to be class A drugs, Doherty could once again be set to utter his time-honoured phrase: Hello, Thames Magistrates Court. Its good to be back. Whooh!
Take him away, your honour…’
Posted: 21st, April 2006 | In: Tabloids Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
