Pete Doherty apologises after he was caught taking drugs again

The Babyshambles frontman was captured on video injecting himself with heroin just hours after claiming he was drug-free.

Today Doherty's record company issued a statement saying the singer was "looking to check himself back" into rehab.

Scroll down for more...

The EMI statement said: "Peter Doherty would like to apologise to the medical staff, fans and well-wishers who have helped and encouraged his progress in fighting his addiction to heroin.

"His ongoing rehabilitation was a source of such pride to him that Peter and those closest to him thought that he was close to winning his personal battle with the drug.

"However, Peter sadly relapsed last week and is now looking to check himself back into a rehab clinic so that he can try to continue the hitherto excellent attempts he had made to break free of heroin.

"He realises that he has not only let himself down but has let down those who trusted and encouraged his efforts and he is filled with remorse for what he describes today as 'a stupid, stupid action for which I feel only shame'."

The video, shot on a mobile phone, showed Doherty, 28, crouched on the floor, holding a needle in his mouth.

He stares into the camera before he "cooks up" the heroin on a spoon and fills the syringe.

Doherty's head then slumps forward as he injects the drug into his right arm in the video, thought to have been taken at his Wiltshire home.

Last month, Doherty, who spent six weeks in rehab, was released from a drug treatment order by a court after testing negative for crack cocaine and heroin.

Two days later he escaped being jailed and was given a four-month suspended sentence for a string of drug and driving offences.

A spokesman for Wiltshire police said yesterday: "Until the receipt of physical evidence we can't do anything."