Presumably you all know this already, it being a story that broke on Friday morning, but as we've been documenting everything in the tragic sitcom that is the life of Pete Doherty so far, I don't see any reason to change that now. So here we go.
The Babyshambles frontman was remanded into custody when he appeared at Thames Magistrates Court on Friday to plead guilty to possessing heroin. He'll stay locked up until he appears in court on 8 Feb for proper sentencing. Judge Stephen Dawson refused a bail application and said: "I'm sorry if my order will affect your fans and people who go to your concerts".
Friends of the singer think there's some kind of conspiracy going on, and that police are out to make an example of him. A notable supporter is Jeannie Rau, who runs the Doherty website balachadha.com, and who says: "No doubt he has been a victim. They obviously let him go and followed him and rearrested him." His lawyer, Sean Curran, does not subscribe to that viewpoint, but points out: "He is going to get stopped every time a police officer looks at him because of his notoriety."
Doherty is now, of course, facing the threat of prison time over the six charges of possession of class A drugs, although Curran hopes that the court will consider rehabilitation instead. Because that worked so well last time.