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Whitnall pleads guilty to drugs charges
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 11 December 2008
Babyshambles guitarist Mick Whitnall pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing a Class A drug at Greenwich Magistrates’ Court this week.
The charges relate to the previously reported incident on 12 Oct at Blackheath’s Cafe Rouge, in which Whitnall was discovered by police officers in a toilet cubicle with a block of crack in his hand.
During the course of his arrest, his home was searched, and more drugs were found, and whilst at the local police station, as officers took his picture, he apparently confessed: “it’s only a bit of cocaine”. He also tested positive for the drug.
Magistrate David Smith said that Whitnall would not get away with a fine on this occasion, because he is a persistent offender, and told the court: “His last conviction was five weeks prior to his arrest”.
“We think it’s time that this got properly looked into – we are not going to deal with this by way of a fine. Any drug [rehabilitation] course should be alongside a community order so we are looking for a community penalty”.
