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TAKING a bow, ex-Libertines frontman front·man  
n.
1. also front man A man who serves as a nominal leader but who lacks real authority.

2. Music A leading singer with a group.
 Pete Doherty <noinclude></noinclude>
This article is about the musician. For other people named Pete Doherty, see Pete Doherty (disambiguation).

Peter Doherty (born March 12, 1979) is an English musician, artist and poet.
 was still playing to the crowd yesterday - even though he had just been told he may face jail for a knife crime.

Doherty, who pleaded guilty in court to possessing a four-inch flick knife, saluted at photographers as he arrived.

And the 25-year-old star also spoke to the media after the case at Thames magistrates was adjourned.

Doherty, who lives in Stepney, East London East London, city (1991 pop. 240,474), Eastern Cape, SE South Africa, on the Indian Ocean. The city grew around a British military post founded in 1847. Its harbor was developed from 1886, and today it is a leading South African port. , said: "If the law was to send me to prison it wouldn't be able to look itself in the eye."

He then raced away from photographers.

The court had been told Doherty was a "peaceful man". The knife was a "foolish gift" for a friend.

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Publication:The Mirror (London, England)
Date:Aug 18, 2004
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