Poor Pete Doherty. He received quite a shock to arrive at court (for a May 5th drug possession arrest) and find a different judge than the one he was generally able to charm. The saccharin sweet District Judge Jane McIvor never cared when he showed up late, complimented his music, and essentially treated him like an infant. Today however, District Judge Davinder Lachhar had issued an arrest warrant for him when he failed to arrive until two and a half hours after his scheduled 9:30am hearing and then told Pete he had one last chance to go back to rehab and stay out of trouble until August 7th. If this doesn’t happen, Pete will go to prison.

When the hearing eventually started, a seemingly emotional Doherty wept when he was told he could face a jail sentence and struggled to give his new address, eventually doing so through his lawyer.

He pleaded guilty to charges of possessing quantities of crack cocaine, heroin, cannabis and ketamine – “quite a selection” of drugs, the judge said – and to two driving offences. He also admitted an extra charge of failing to appear in court without reasonable excuse.

A new address must certainly mean that Kate Moss has officially kicked him out for cheating on her with Ms. White Dress.

Doherty’s lawyer, Sean Curran, argued that the charges related to “small amounts” of drugs and that the singer had been working extremely hard on his new album at the time of his arrest . . . prompting the judge to interrupt: “I am more concerned about the danger to other members of the public on the road and to pedestrians.”

She was equally dismissive when Mr Curran explained that Doherty’s addiction was difficult to deal with because of his profession and the amount of media attention he faces.

“But he has a lot of days off. What about the people who work five days a week?” Ms Lachhar responded.

Asked after the hearing whether he would abide by the judge’s conditions, Doherty answered: “I’ve got no choice, have I?”

Mmmhmmm. We’ll see about that.

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