Suspended jail term for Doherty

Singer Pete Doherty was today handed a suspended jail sentence for a string of drug and motoring offences.

Doherty, 28, was given a four-month custodial sentence suspended for two years.

He was also handed an 18-month supervision order and a 12-month drug rehabilitation order by district judge Davinder Lachar at West London Magistrates’ Court this afternoon.

She also ordered that he pay a £400 (€571) fine for an offence of driving with no insurance and a £75 (€107) fine for having no MOT certificate.