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Pete Doherty released on technicality
Rocker wasn’t brought to London court within 24 hours of arrest
 Lefteris Pitarakis / AP British musician Pete Doherty smiles to members of the media after he was released without charge, outside a court in London, Tuesday, a day after being arrested on suspicion of possessing drugs. |
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LONDON - Pete Doherty was released Tuesday without being charged with breaching his bail conditions after authorities failed to get him to court on time.
Doherty, who has been undergoing court-ordered rehabilitation treatment, was arrested Monday in east London on suspicion of possessing drugs, police said.
The charge of breaching his bail conditions was dismissed because the 28-year-old rocker had not been brought to court within 24 hours, said prosecutor Anjulika Vatish.
“The court has no jurisdiction to deal with this matter anymore,” she said at West London Magistrates’ Court.
Earlier this month, a judge warned Doherty that he must prove his desire to quit drugs within a month or face a jail sentence for previous offenses.
Doherty, best known as the off-on boyfriend of Kate Moss, has admitted possessing crack cocaine, heroin, cannabis and ketamine, as well as to two driving offenses.
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