DOHERTY FINED FOR HEROIN POSSESSION
Troubled rocker PETE DOHERTY has been ordered to pay a fine after he was = caught carrying heroin into a U.K. court in December (09).
The Babyshambles frontman landed himself in trouble after he was friske= d by guards on his way into Gloucester Crown Court for sentencing over a = series of driving offences.
Security staff saw a small packet fall out of his coat and the star was= arrested in the corridor on his way out.
His lawyer argued at Gloucester Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday (27Jan1= 0) that Doherty had forgotten the 13 wraps of heroin were in the jacket -= but the judge branded it a "stupid" move.
District Judge Joti Boparai told the star, "Either this was sheer stupi= dity or a ploy to get more publicity." He was ordered to pay $1,200 (=C2=A3750) but escaped a rehabilitation o= rder as the judge ruled public funds shouldn’t be spent on him as Doherty= is already paying for private drug treatment.
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