Doherty to face drugs-driving trial
Rock singer Pete Doherty has been released on £50,000 bail to await trial charged with dangerous driving after a gig.
The 30-year-old Babyshambles and ex-Libertines singer was bailed after appearing in court charged with driving dangerously, while drunk, and while in possession of heroin.
Doherty was stopped on Wednesday night after a gig in Gloucester after officers spotted a car being driven erratically.
He appeared at Stroud Magistrates' Court, accused of being drunk at the wheel of his Mercedes in the small hours of June 11.
His barrister, Peter Ratcliffe, indicated that Doherty would be pleading not guilty to the charge of dangerous driving.
But Doherty then entered guilty pleas to two offences of drugs possession and to having no licence or insurance, all on June 11. Some 0.02oz (0.6g) of heroin, worth around £35, was found in the car, while 15 wraps of the drug, worth up to £300, were discovered in a search of his country home, Stomey House, in Durley, near Marlborough, Wiltshire.
He entered no plea to the drink-driving allegation.
Doherty, wearing a white T-shirt under a dark blue sweatshirt, and with his hair styled in "mod" fashion, also spoke to confirm, his age and address.
Chairman of the bench Christopher Weaver explained that those conditions were to live at his home address in Wiltshire and to obey a curfew order from 7pm to 7am. But when gigging, the conditions will not apply, Mr Weaver told him. He is also not to travel in the front seat of any vehicle and will be fitted with a medical implant "to attempt to prevent drug abuse". He is forbidden from using illegal substances while on bail and must attend Narcotics Anonymous meetings at least once a week.
