Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty has voluntarily entered a drug detoxification centre in Portugal. A lawyer for the 27 year-old singer revealed the news at a court hearing on Friday, adding that Doherty will spend six to seven weeks in the centre. The troubled young star has many well-documented problems with the law as a result of his drug addiction. He is thought to have flown to Portugal at the beginning of last week, in a bid beat to beat his heroin and crack addictions, where he will spend several weeks detoxing, before being fitted with an opiate-supressing implant. It will be Doherty's fourth attempt to kick his habits, following stays in clinics in London, Arizona and Thailand. his ex-girlfriend Kate Moss is said to have financed some of his treatment, but this time he is said to have funded the trip himself. A source close to the band, who were dropped from their record label last month, told the NME that he is desperate to succeed. |