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09
February 2006
I'm No Threat,
Says Pete Doherty
Babyshambles
singer Pete Doherty says he is not a
threat to society, just hours after he
received a 12-month community order for
drug possession.
Doherty,
26, told BBC Radio 1: "I'm not selling
drugs to anyone's children, I'm not
encouraging - and I never will encourage -
anyone to take drugs."
The
phone line went dead after he was asked
"are you on anything right
now?"
Ealing
Magistrates in west London also ordered
the singer to take part in a drug
rehabilitation programme.
He was
warned he could face jail if he breached
the order.
Doherty
had been held in custody since being
arrested by plainclothes police officers
in Whitechapel, east London, on 26 January
2006.
He
admitted seven charges of possessing
illegal substances at three separate court
appearances last month.
The
year-long drug rehabilitation programme
will require Doherty to attend a drug
centre and undergo monthly
check-ups.
Doherty
shot to fame as lead singer of the
Libertines and became a tabloid regular
during his relationship with model
Kate
Moss.
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