Troubled rocker Pete Doherty is facing arrest again after he failed to attend a court hearing on criminal damage charges - for the second time.

Babyshambles frontman Doherty, 29, was expected to enter a plea after he allegedly attacked a female press photographer last summer.

It is claimed Doherty pulled a camera from the neck of 22-year-old Cath Mead as she snapped him and former girlfriend Irina Lazareanu.

Enlarge 

Wanted: A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Pete Doherty, seen here at the 42nd Montreux Jazz Festival, in Switzerland earlier this week

He was charged with causing nearly £200 worth of damage to Mead's camera lens following the incident in Crewkerne, Somerset.

Earlier this week Doherty and band Babyshambles performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival.

Magistrates at Yeovil, Somerset issued a warrant for the arrest of Doherty without bail after he failed to appear for the second time.  

Chairman of the bench Mr Nick Bernard said: 'I assume that this is the correct address we have for Mr Doherty.  

'He should have, therefore, received the letters stating when he should attend court.'

Doherty, who has a long-running history of drug and alcohol problems, is expected to be hauled before magistrates by the end of the week to enter a plea.

He also failed to attend a previous hearing relating to the same charge on June 26.

Doherty, of Marlborough, Wiltshire, was jailed in April 2008 for 14 weeks for breaching a probation order after a string of drugs and driving offences.

He spent just seven weeks at Wormwood Scrubs in East London before he was granted early release due to overcrowding.