Doherty to work on new album in jail

Pete Doherty will work on Babyshambles' new album while in jail, say his bandmates.

Drummer Adam Ficek claimed the troubled rocker would be sent demos from the band to work on during his 14-week stretch behind bars.

He told XFM: "As soon as I get home next week I'll be getting together with Mik [Whitnall] and Drew [O'Connell] in a studio, burn off nine of the new demos and send them to Peter so that he can work on them in there.

"It will give him something to keep him occupied in there, keep him focused and remind him that outside we're all holding the fort for him and as soon as he gets out it will be business as usual."

Ficek described Doherty's imprisonment as a "dark time" for the band, but insisted that the group would not split.

He added: "It can be frustrating but it's nothing new. We all had a choice when we joined the band if we wanted to get involved and we all knew what we were getting into.

"We know Peter's strengths and his demons and we deal with them as human beings as well as musicians."

Babyshambles released their second album Shotter's Nation in 2007.