Pete Doherty - Samaritan - Update

Doherty claims needle was empty

Troubled rocker Pete Doherty has told police he was drawing blood from the girl who featured in the British newspaper photographs which prompted his arrest on Saturday.

Troubled rocker Pete Doherty has told police he was drawing blood from the girl who featured in the British newspaper photographs which prompted his arrest on Saturday.

The pictures, published in Friday's edition of The Sun, appear to depict the self-confessed drug addict injecting himself with heroin, as well as a comatose young fan on his kitchen floor.

But 21-year-old Laura McEvoy, who is seen lying with her eyes closed while the Babyshambles singer inserts a needle into her arm, insists she was fully conscious when the picture was taken.