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Pete Doherty arrested in France for second time in a week

Doherty is a former frontman for the Libertines and Babyshambles.
Doherty is a former frontman for the Libertines and Babyshambles. Doherty is a former frontman for the Libertines and Babyshambles.

British singer Pete Doherty has been arrested in France for the second time in the space of a week.

The Paris prosecutor’s office said the 40-year singer was placed in custody on Sunday for “violence by a person in a manifest state of intoxication”.

Doherty is a former frontman for the Libertines and Babyshambles.