Pete Doherty Drug Order Removed

Pete Doherty

Our good friend Judge Jane McIvor has removed the drug treatment order that Pete Doherty has been under for the last eighteen months, six months early, saying that she and experts believed that the Babyshambler was making good progress and would now complete his drugs rehabilitation without court enforcement.

The decision follows a period of relative calm in Doherty's life, with the former Libertine seemingly making real progress in kicking the drugs. McIvor told Doherty "I wish you well", while outside court the singer told reporters: "I have just had enough really. It's just the beginning, you know what I mean. My life has changed".

McIvor's decision means Doherty will not need to make regular trips to Thames Magistrate's Court anymore, though he will be back in court later this week to face separate charges of driving illegally while in possession of drugs relating to an incident in Kensington last May.

Elsewhere in Doherty news, there are reports that he has split from his most recent fiancée, Irina Lazareanu, who has fulfilled the job of Pete's model girlfriend since his final break up with Kate Moss back in July. He apparently proposed to Lazareanu earlier this month, but now says he recognises he got involved with the model while on the rebound from Moss, and that he proposed in a "moment of madness".

A lovely source tells the Sun: "He got engaged in a moment of madness when he was off his head before he checked into rehab. Pete's been questioning his sanity ever since. He liked Irina but admits the only reason he got together with her was on the rebound from Kate. Irina turned up in Somerset over the weekend on the set of the video for Babyshambles' new single 'You Talk.' She was always telling Pete what to do and where to go, and in the end he had to tell her it was over. Everyone's happy she's gone - it wasn't doing anything for band relations".