Doherty enters rehab after court warning

Pete Doherty has checked into a Yorkshire rehabilitation clinic which a judge said could save him from a jail term.

The Babyshambles star was told he would face prison if he could not get clean when he admitted a number of drugs offences earlier this month.

His defence counsel told a judge the star was due to enter the Detox-5 clinic - and on Monday he did so.

Photos show him arriving at the centre in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, on Monday wearing two trilby hats and carrying a guitar and art folder.

Reports say the course costs £3,000 and will be followed up with a new drug called Naltrexone which neutralises the effects of heroin - leaving no reason to take it.

Doherty's lawyer Sean Curran commented: "Pete has been admitted and things are going well."

The star is due to be sentenced on August 7.