Poor Pete Doherty. The bloke must have been so absorbed with trying to pen that elusive “Barry-White-style, one-off, big hit,” for he attended this morning’s court session and completely forgot to remove the drugs from his coat pocket before making his entrance. Pete was attending Gloucester Crown Court for some of his routine, oft-repeated drugs and driving charges. As usual, the magistrate decided to do nothing but issue nominal punishment–fines (£2,050 and associated costs) and an extended 18 month driving ban–for the rock star who, among other things, had been arrested for drink driving and possessing Class-A drugs. However, Pete wasn’t exactly prepared for what happened next.

Earlier, a packet of drugs had fallen out of Pete’s pocket while he checked in at the court’s security desk:

An onlooker said: “He was being frisked by a security officer and when he emptied his pockets a clingfilm wrap fell out. The security man picked it up and saw it contained what looked like little blue crystals. The security man phoned the police and about six officers came over and waited to arrest Doherty when his case was over.”

And so, moments after escaping a jail sentence, Pete Doherty was stopped upon the steps of the Gloucester Crown Court and promptly rearrested on a new drugs charge. Police seized the Doherty and walked him across the street to the police station. Doherty remains in police custody.

At this point, my only hope is that Kate Moss isn’t still considering playing matchmaker to Pete and Alison Mosshart. After all, Alison might be a chain-smoking vegan, but she’s entirely of an anti-drugs stance. In addition to today’s events, I’m guessing that Pete’s recent Berlin arrest–which resulted after an evening of “drinking shots and constantly asking about cocaine” at the Wiener Stravüe and breaking out a car window with a pint glass–wouldn’t seem too terribly attractive to the pretty lass.