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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 Robyn Whitehead in January 2010. He pleaded guilty to possessing drugs. | |
Ms Whitehead, 27, 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 Barrowlands on Friday evening. | Doherty, of Camden, north London, was due to be playing Glasgow Barrowlands on Friday evening. |
Crack cocaine pipe | Crack cocaine pipe |
Doherty learned forward in his seat as he was sentenced at east London's Snaresbrook Crown Court but did not show any emotion as he was sentenced for the single count. | |
Judge David Radford said Doherty had an "appalling record" of committing offences, having already made 13 other court appearances in the past. | |
Peter Wolfe, 42, who had pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of cocaine and one count of supplying cocaine to Miss Whitehead, was sentenced to a total of 12 months in prison. | |
Mr Radford said: "The circumstances in which the committal of these offences which I have to deal with today is tragic. | |
"Police became aware of the relevant evidence because of the investigation which followed the discovery of the sad death of a young woman who had been present at the address where the offences had been committed. | |
"The offences involved the social supply of crack cocaine in a crack cocaine pipe, which you (Wolfe) handed to that person. | |
"I make it clear though, abundantly clear, that the young woman's death was not caused by that supply of crack cocaine. | |
"Unhappily and tragically that woman died from the poisoning of another illegal Class A drug which she had chosen to take. | |
"The grief and loss to her family and friends caused by her death cannot and should not be sought in any way to be expiated by the sentence I pass today." | |
'Shocked and saddened' | 'Shocked and saddened' |
Toxicology reports found she had died of heroin poisoning. Last year the Metropolitan Police said her death was not being treated as suspicious. | Toxicology reports found she had died of heroin poisoning. Last year the Metropolitan Police said her death was not being treated as suspicious. |
Doherty has said he was "shocked and saddened" by Ms Whitehead's death. | |
Peter Ratliff, defending Doherty, said any claim his client somehow glamorised drug use was misguided and said the singer was trying to give it up. | Peter Ratliff, defending Doherty, said any claim his client somehow glamorised drug use was misguided and said the singer was trying to give it up. |
A spokesman for the Barrowlands venue in Glasgow said the gig would be postponed until further notice. | A spokesman for the Barrowlands venue in Glasgow said the gig would be postponed until further notice. |