Doherty charged with cocaine possession

Rock star Pete Doherty was accused of possessing cocaine today after police investigated the suspected overdose death of heiress Robin Whitehead.

The 31-year-old Babyshambles star was charged with holding the class A substance when he answered bail at a central London police station.

He was one of four people arrested after the 27-year-old filmmaker died from a suspected overdose on Sunday, January 24.

It has been claimed the star attended a party the previous night at a flat in Hackney, east London.

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said the star will appear at Thames Magistrates’ Court alongside two other men on October 18.