Doherty guilty of criminal damage

Updated 14.20 Thu Jul 24 2008
Keywords: criminal damage, court, photographer, charge, Pete, Doherty

Pete Doherty has pleaded guilty to causing criminal damage to a photographer's camera.

The Babyshambles frontman lost his temper with Catherine Mead when she followed him around Crewkerne, Somerset last August.

The Babyshambles frontman lost his temper with Catherine Mead when she followed him around Crewkerne, Somerset last August

The 29-year-old grabbed the camera and broke the lens after inviting Ms Mead and a colleague to introduce themselves.

He failed to show up to answer the charge at Yeovil Magistrates Court last week and a warrant was issued for his arrest.

But he turned up at court and battled through a crowd of photographers and fans to answer to the charge.

Magistrates ordered him to pay £918.27 in compensation to Ms Mead and to pay £100 in costs.

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