Talking of people slapping people, that Pete Doherty was, shockingly, involved in a physical altercation with a 'fan' at a Babyshambles concert last week, it has emerged.
The band were playing a gig at London's Rhythm Factory on Thursday night when a member of the crowd apparently threw water at Doherty, and then Doherty threw a punch or two at the member of the crowd. Remaining Babyshambles members Drew McConnell and Adam Ficek are believed to have then got involved in the altercation, before bouncers waded in and dragged the band away, not, however, before Doherty threw his mic stand into the crowd. The show later continued.
It is, of course, yet another incident in the Doherty soap opera, which seems to be gathering criminal momentum at the moment. The Daily Mirror quotes a friend as saying: "Pete's convinced he's going to be locked up. He's very agitated all the time now and the least little thing gets to him. It's not like him to attack a fan so things must be bad."