Well, CMU no longer needs to be the defender of Doherty, because the Babyshambles man has re-engaged the services of a legal professional having been charged with robbery and blackmail following that previously reported incident at an Islington hotel on Wednesday night. Doherty's lawyer last night told reporters:
"[Pete] has been charged with two offences, one of blackmail, and one of robbery. They will be appearing at Highbury Corner
Magistrates Court tomorrow morning [ie today] and they've been remanded in custody by police."
The specifics of the incident on Wednesday night aren't clear, though police were called to the hotel following reports a man had been assaulted. As we reported yesterday, that man is rumoured to be documentary maker Max Carlish, who filmed Doherty last summer. It was pictures of Doherty's drug taking from Carlish's film that appeared in the Sunday Mirror last weekend. We'll see if today's court hearing provides any more details on what exactly happened in that hotel earlier this week.