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Pete Doherty Avoids Jail Sentence After Being Ruled Too Drunk to Commit Crime
- Posted on Oct 5th 2011 1:45PM by Theo Spielberg
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Apparently that excuse holds it's water in court; prosecutors are dropping the charges agreeing that Doherty was indeed too inebriated to have committed the crime. The ruling is a tragically lucky break for Doherty who was released from prison earlier this summer after doing time for cocaine possession. He would have faced five more years in prison had he been convicted of the theft.
Doherty was in Germany filming scenes for the French Alfred de Musset biopic 'Confessions of a Young Contemporary' with Charlotte Gainsbourg. The filming has been stalled several times due to Doherty's ongoing legal troubles.
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So perhaps now all those old Nazis the Germans are trying to find and prosecute, can use the "I was too drunk to have killed anyone" defense and get away with murder. The German court system seems to be as screwed up as ours! The idiot caused property damage, stole a guitar, and was also guilty of public drunkeness. He should have gotten 5 years. No one would miss him. We have enough drunks and drug addicts with guitars being idolized as it is.
October 06 2011 at 6:07 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIt's time to go see Amy
October 06 2011 at 5:16 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThe precident set here, is that if your were drunk enough, then you couldn't have committed the crime. Or, if you did commit the crime, then you couldn't have been that drunk. This will certainly change the character of alcohol-related offenses, for many years to come.
October 06 2011 at 3:18 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI guess he's also to drunk to be known by anybody. Who is this guy?
October 06 2011 at 2:17 AM Report abuse Permalink -1 rate up rate down ReplyThis clowns headed down the same road of self destruction that way too many young talents travel. Sadly, it's a dead end.
October 06 2011 at 1:40 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyPlease do everyone in your life a favor and do an Amy Winehouse. Just DIE!
October 06 2011 at 12:47 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyRemember that entertainer who broke into a mcdonalds and when they found him, he claimed he thought it was his house? Good stuff.
October 06 2011 at 12:45 AM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplyThis guy is going to end up dead...from alcohol, drugs ...everytime I hear his name, I think on no...it's over. He so desparately needs to get help and get clean before it's too late...
October 05 2011 at 11:22 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Replythe next amy winehouse!
October 06 2011 at 12:29 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWow, finally the perfect alibi! "I didn't kill those 45 people because I was passed out drunk on the floor!" Well, then. go, my son and try and sober up!
October 05 2011 at 10:13 PM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down ReplyBrilliant Switzarch!
I couldn't have said it any better myself.....
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