Peter Doherty has successfully applied to have his bail conditions changed, allowing him to play a gig tomorrow evening.
The 25-year-old ex-Libertines singer and on-off boyfriend of model Kate Moss was in court accused of robbery and blackmail. He was arrested earlier this month following an alleged dispute with documentary maker Max Carlish at the Rookery Hotel in Islington, north London.
Mr Doherty appeared before London’s Snaresbrook Crown Court today for a preliminary hearing, at which his lawyers indicated he would be pleading not guilty. Dressed in a black suit and tie with a white shirt and navy trench coat, the singer confirmed his name as he stood in the dock.
Mr Doherty’s lawyer asked the judge, Mr Justice Radford, for the bail surety to be reduced from £150,000 to £100,000 and the curfew of 10pm to 7am be changed tomorrow night to midnight to 7am to enable him to play a gig at Brixton Academy in south London. The prosecution offered no objection.
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The judge agreed to both alterations provided that requests to change bail conditions were not a “too regular occurrence”.
Mr Justice Radford warned the singer, “Let me make this perfectly clear. As I say to all defendants, you must abide by these conditions. If you fail to observe any one of them, it is very likely you will be arrested and your bail will be revoked.”