Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty has been fined $1400 for assaulting a British Broadcasting Corp. journalist earlier this year.
The 27-year-old singer assaulted and kicked Radio One Newsbeat's Trudi Barber and knocked her away from the microphone outside Thames Magistrate's Court on March 23rd.
The AP reports that Doherty admitted that he kicked Barber and earlier pleaded innocent to assault, but changed his plea after watching television footage of the incident.
Additionally, Justice Helen Skinner also ordered Doherty to pay $475 in compensation and $380 in court costs. But when asked by the judge if he was carrying his credit card, the singer told the court he had only 50 cents with him.
Though Doherty apologized for the incident, he called the reporter part of the "harassing scum of press."
He is also due to be sentenced for a series of drugs offenses on December 4th of this year.
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