Doherty drugs order ended by judge

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The Babyshambles frontman appeared at Thames Magistrates' Court in east London for a review of the order.

District Judge Jane McIvor told the singer she was going to revoke six months of the order after being convinced by experts. She told him: "I wish you well."

The judge told the court that Doherty had already been supervised over 18 months and that she was going to revoke the last six months of supervision. Telling him that it was not the end, but the beginning she added: "You must be pleased."

Judge McIvor said experts had convinced her that the plan already in place for Doherty to be clean was going to be followed. She said: "There is no need for statutory supervision or state funding."

Outside court Doherty told a large crowd of reporters and photographers that he was going to have to stay drug free.

He said: "I have just had enough really." Reiterating the judge's quotes he said: "It's just the beginning, you know what I mean. My life has changed."

Adding that there was always the pub, Doherty said he was taking one day at a time. He said he was undergoing rehabilitation and wanted to get back on the road with his band.

Doherty has appeared in court on a number of occasions for varying offences over the past year.

At another review in the same court in April the judge told the singer that he was "more than co-operating" in his struggle to beat his addiction to drugs.