British singer and guitarist Pete Doherty has repeatedly made headlines for drugs offences. PARIS: British rocker Pete Doherty was fined €5,000 and released from a Paris jail Saturday, two days after being caught buying cocaine, legal sources told AFP. Police arrested the 40-year-old Libertines frontman carrying two packets of cocaine, one already partly consumed, early Friday. The singer opted for a simplified procedure for people caught using drugs, opting to pay daily 50-euro fines for 100 days, failing which he will be jailed, the Paris prosecutors' office said. The bad boy of British rock, as famous for having dated supermodel Kate Moss as for his music, has repeatedly made headlines for drugs offences.

Source: Bangkok Post November 10, 2019 05:23 UTC