Pete Doherty jailed for 14 weeks | News | NME.COM Pete Doherty jailed for 14 weeks
Spokesperson tells NME.COM he's 'looking at appeal' Babyshambles frontman
Pete Doherty has been jailed for 14 weeks for failing to turn up to probation hearings on time and drug use.
Doherty attended
West London Magistrates Court today (April 8), where
Judge Davinder Lachar handed the singer/guitarist the sentence.
A spokesperson for the court said that
Doherty had been jailed for "breach of time keeping, non-compliance of his order and using different drugs".
A spokesperson for
Doherty told
NME.COM that he was looking into grounds for appeal.
Doherty had previously been given a suspended jail sentence by
Lachar for drug offences.
The 14-week sentence would not only cover the singer's solo show at the
Royal Albert Hall in
London (April 26), but the
Glastonbury (June 27-29) festival, which he is due to play.
He label,
Parlophone, explained the solo show will be postponed but it "is due to be rescheduled and all tickets will be valid for the new date once it has been announced.
Peter was very much looking forward to the show and would like to offer his sincerest apologies to all his fans and all those concerned".