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| Singer Pete Doherty jailed for cocaine possession | Singer Pete Doherty jailed for cocaine possession |
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| Singer Pete Doherty has been jailed for six months for possessing cocaine. | Singer Pete Doherty has been jailed for six months for possessing cocaine. |
| The 32-year-old was charged after an inquiry into the death of filmmaker Robin Whitehead in January 2010. He pleaded guilty to possessing drugs. | The 32-year-old was charged after an inquiry into the death of filmmaker Robin Whitehead in January 2010. He pleaded guilty to possessing drugs. |
| Ms Whitehead was making a documentary on Doherty when she was found dead in a flat in Hackney, east London. | Ms Whitehead was making a documentary on Doherty when she was found dead in a flat in Hackney, east London. |
| Doherty, of Camden, north London, was due to be playing Glasgow Barrowland on Friday evening. | Doherty, of Camden, north London, was due to be playing Glasgow Barrowland on Friday evening. |
| 'Shocked and saddened' | |
| He been jailed twice before after admitting drugs offences. | |
| The singer has said he was shocked and saddened by Ms Whitehead's death. | |
| Last year the Metropolitan Police said her death was not being treated as suspicious. | |
| Ms Whitehead was the granddaughter of the late Teddy Goldsmith, founder of magazine The Ecologist. |