Pete Doherty Pleads Guilty to Drug Charges

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Pete Doherty pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges of heroin and cocaine possession

January 12, 2006

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Babyshambles lead singer Pete Doherty pleaded guilty on Wednesday January 11th to charges of heroin and cocaine possession.

The rocker was formally charged with possession of the drugs Monday, a Class A felony across the Pond, under the U.K.'s 1971 Misuse of Drugs Act, before previously was arrested in London in the early hours of Nov. 30, after being pulled over for driving in an "erratic manner."

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Tony Linkin, a spokesman for Doherty revealed that the singer was released on bail and will return to the Magistrates Court for a hearing scheduled on Feb. 8.

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