Pete Doherty Leaving Jail 69 Days Early
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Posted: 2008-05-02 08:59:41
(May 2) - British rock star Pete Doherty, whose troubles with drugs, women and the law overshadow his musical talents, is set to be released from jail on May 6 after serving 29 days of his 14-week sentence,
The Sun newspaper is reporting Friday.

** FILE ** British musician Pete Doherty is shown outside a court in London, in this Aug. 21, 2007, file photo. Doherty has been sentenced to 14 weeks in jail for violating a probation order. His record company says the sentence handed down Tuesday, April 8, 2008, by a London court meant the Babyshambles' frontman's planned concert at the Royal Albert Hall on April 26 would be postponed. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, file)
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On April 8, a court ordered the 29-year-old Doherty to spend 98 days in jail for violating terms of probation by refusing to take drug tests during a suspended sentence. That initial ruling, handed down last fall, spared him from jail after he admitted to driving illegally while in
possession of crack cocaine, heroin and cannabis.
Doherty, known for his work with The Libertines and the band Babyshambles, will likely be released under a new policy in Britain to ease prison overcrowding. He has spent his days in a private unit over concerns that other inmates were planning to harm him.
According to The Sun, Doherty is planning to spend his first night out of jail playing a concert and getting intoxicated.
"He's planning to go straight to play a gig and then get smashed," a friend of the singer told the newspaper. "He wants no business appointments for three days, so he can really go for it."
His time in jail meant that the rocker, who dated super model Kate Moss, had to cancel a widely-anticipated performance at the Royal Albert Hall scheduled for April 26.
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