Wednesday 9 April 2008

Pete jailed for missing rehab

ROCK junkie Pete Doherty was finally jailed for drug offences yesterday – after repeatedly skipping rehab.
The Babyshambles star threw back his head in despair as he was sent down for 14 weeks for flouting terms of a suspended sentence.
A pal said last night: “Pete will be devastated. He’ll be sobbing his eyes out. He’s absolutely terrified of prison.”
Doherty, 29, had been ordered to take regular drug tests as part of a four-month sentence, suspended for two years. It was imposed last October after he admitted possession of crack cocaine, heroin, ketamine and cannabis.
Just days later, The Sun published video grabs of him taking heroin.
He then breached his probation conditions by missing two appointments, turning up late and being rude to staff.
He was finally hauled before West London Magistrates court yesterday, where District Judge Davinder Lachhar slammed his “unacceptable behaviour” and “mixed response” to treatment.
Last night, Doherty’s lawyer Sean Curran said: “Pete obviously didn’t want to go to prison but he was philosophical. He’s not an angel.
“He accepts the order of the court. He’ll be back.”
The star – who was snapped last September appearing to give his kitten crack from a pipe – could be freed in seven weeks.
But he will have to cancel the gig of his life at London’s Royal Albert Hall on April 26. And if he serves the full term, he will miss Glastonbury in June.
It is not Doherty’s first taste of jail. He got six months in 2003 for ransacking the flat of his Libertines bandmate Carl Barat.
Since then, he had been remanded in custody over drugs but managed to dodge any further prison sentence.
Doherty’s record company EMI said it will reschedule the Albert Hall gig. A spokesman said: “Peter would like to offer sincerest apologies to fans.”


Abi's TV hopes for sexy Secrets

EAT your heart out, Belle De Jour! Abi Titmuss wants her raunchy memoirs - The Secret Diaries of Abigail Titmuss - to be made into a sizzling TV series.
The blonde beauty is moving on from her glamour model-persona in a bid to find serious work as an actress, and she's keen to play herself in a serialisation of her hot new book.
She told us: “It would make a fantastic series, it’s got drama, highs, lows, crazy stories! One of my friends read it and said it was like Bridget Jones on rocket fuel!
“I can’t tell you any secrets from it yet – but I think you’ll enjoy the surprises.”
The publication of her sexy book, out in July, will placate Titmuss fans who are mourning the fact Abi is leaving the boob-baring shoots behind to follow her acting dream.
And the curvy blonde, who finished a theatre run with the play Fat Christ at London’s King’s Head last month, has already landed herself a role in a mystery movie...
She said: “I have stopped doing modelling, I’ve got a calendar out this year, that’s kind of the Best Of. But I’m moving on.
"Acting’s always been in my heart, I just kept it very quiet. I have just got a little part in a British film, a comedy, but I can’t talk about that yet!”
Abi is clearly a woman of many talents - she is a natural on the poker table, and is taking part in Ladbrokes’ European Ladies Poker Championship next month!
She added: “It’s a tournament of women competing to win a prize of $30,000.
“I’ve been playing poker for a while and I love it, so I jumped at the chance to get involved with the women’s championship.
“It's a sexy, smart game and I think girls could definitely be better than men at poker if they put their mind to it!”

In other news…
* MIGHTY BOOSH star NOEL FIELDING has revealed his weird comedy sketches are inspired by his parents’ tales of taking acid in the 1970s.
* BLUE PETER presenter Gethin Jones has announced he is leaving the much-loved children’s programme at the end of the series.
* Glastonbury bosses have reopened their registration process to flog thousands of unsold tickets. They relaunched it yesterday at 4pm.
* BRITNEY SPEARS is in secret talks over a £50MILLION ($99.8m) comeback world tour. The tormented star is desperate to get back on the road and flee the problems engulfing her in LA.

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