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| Doherty gets chance to kick drugs | Doherty gets chance to kick drugs |
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| Pete Doherty's sentencing for drug and motoring offences has been postponed to allow him to tackle his drug addiction. | Pete Doherty's sentencing for drug and motoring offences has been postponed to allow him to tackle his drug addiction. |
| The singer has admitted driving illegally while in possession of crack cocaine, heroin, ketamine and cannabis in Kensington, west London, on 5 May. | |
| Doherty's lawyer said his client would be able to finish a drug rehabilitation plan before appearing at West London's Magistrates' Court on 26 October. | Doherty's lawyer said his client would be able to finish a drug rehabilitation plan before appearing at West London's Magistrates' Court on 26 October. |
| The Babyshambles frontman has been warned he could face a jail term. | The Babyshambles frontman has been warned he could face a jail term. |
| The court knows he's tested negative for drugs throughout his residential programme - that's six weeks now Sean Curran, Pete Doherty's lawyer | |
| Sean Curran, the singer's lawyer, said District Judge Davinder Lachhar accepted his plea to adjourn the sentencing on Wednesday evening after Doherty tested negative during his six-week drugs treatment. | |
| "Pete's doing very, very well, extremely well and he wants to give himself a chance. | |
| "The court knows he's tested negative for drugs throughout his residential programme - that's six weeks now. | |
| "The judge wants to see how he's keeping after the aftercare before he goes back for them to assess him." | |
| Charges dropped | |
| The musician will finish his residential drug rehabilitation programme on Thursday and will then enrol in an aftercare programme which will finish on 20 October. | |
| Doherty was due to be sentenced last month but that hearing was adjourned after he failed to appear in court due to receiving treatment at a rehabilitation clinic. | Doherty was due to be sentenced last month but that hearing was adjourned after he failed to appear in court due to receiving treatment at a rehabilitation clinic. |
| On 21 August, further charges against Doherty relating to him breaking the terms of his bail conditions were dropped by a court. | On 21 August, further charges against Doherty relating to him breaking the terms of his bail conditions were dropped by a court. |
| He was held by police in east London after performing at the V Festival, but the 24-hour limit for bringing the charges to court was exceeded. | He was held by police in east London after performing at the V Festival, but the 24-hour limit for bringing the charges to court was exceeded. |
| Doherty will be sentenced at West London Magistrates' Court. | Doherty will be sentenced at West London Magistrates' Court. |