Pete Doherty handed fine and suspended sentence after Paris arrests
(The Guardian France)

The Libertines frontman was arrested twice in the past week for attempting to buy drugs and for his involvement in a drunken brawlPete Doherty has received a three-month suspended sentence for affray and been fined a total of EUR10,000 (£8,500) after being arrested in Paris twice in one week.Doherty was detained on 7 November after buying cocaine in the Pigalle district. He was arrested again on 10 November after fighting with a teenage boy in Saint-Germain-des-Prés. His lawyer, Arash Derambarsh, said that Doherty was celebrating his release from jail and had consumed alcohol, valium and sleeping pills. Related: Peter Doherty: `If I was drug free, I`d be a force to be reckoned with` Continue reading...