Talking of Pete Doherty, which we were, fleetingly, CMU's favourite former Libertine in Babyshambles has had some good fortune in his personal life, at last. Word is the Crown Prosecution Service have dropped all the charges against him relating to those blackmail and robbery allegations which followed a run in with former friend and documentary film-maker Max Carlish at a London hotel back in Feb. Whether, with hindsight, the allegations ever justified four nights in Pentonville Prison and a frankly ludicrously high bail payment we may never know, but the CPS's decision means that Doherty and his friend Alan Wass, who faced the same charges, will not now need to attend court later this month as planned. And presumably that 10pm-7am curfew which prevented
Doherty from being out of his house between those hours will also be lifted. I suppose that, if as reported, Doherty is responding well to his latest attempts at rehab, which began as a result of the charges, then the whole messy incident won't have been without its good sides. Let's hope his commitment to kicking the drugs remains as strong now that the curfew and pending court case aren't a reality.