Pete Doherty made quite the impression on a London judge today when he showed up over two hours late to a court hearing. The singer was due in court on drug offenses, but was so late, the judge issued an arrest warrant.

When Doherty finally managed to show up (without an excuse for his tardiness), he plead guilty to possessing crack, heroin, marijuana, and ketamine during a traffic stop earlier this year. District Judge Davinder Lachlar told Doherty this was his very last chance to avoid prison time, and sentenced him to enter a detox facility by July 16.

“If you go to this place to have detox and take advantage of it then we will see what sentence is appropriate when you next come, but if you do not I can tell you now that you will go into custody,” Lachhar told Doherty.

“It’s rehab or jail,” Doherty told reporters as he left. “I was going to rehab anyway, to be honest with you, but this is a little push.”

Doherty, lead singer of Babyshambles and boyfriend of supermodel Kate Moss, has been undergoing drug treatment under court order because of previous convictions.

His lawyer, Sean Curran, was summoned to court twice to explain Doherty’s whereabouts before the judge’s patience ran out.

“This is a court of law. He should have been here at 9:30 and he wasn’t so I am issuing a warrant with no bail,” Lachhar said.

Curran told the judge that Doherty had “a difficulty in his personal life which led to him being caught in this situation where he was driving the vehicle,” but didn’t elaborate.

The lawyer said it would be in Doherty’s best interest not to drive, but the judge interrupted: “I am more concerned about the danger to other members of the public on the road and to pedestrians.”

July hasn’t turned out to be a banner month for Doherty; after a bust-up with Moss last week, he hooked up with a random broad on Saturday, further angering Moss, who left London for Paris.

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