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Doherty gives Moss dead mouse as gift

Doherty - feels like a dead rodent without Kate
Doherty - feels like a dead rodent without Kate

Troubled Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty has reportedly given Kate Moss the present of a dead mouse.

According to UK newspaper the Daily Star, Doherty sent his former lover a brooch with a deceased rodent attached to it.

The singer was apparently inspired by Courtney Love, who gave one of her friends the same gift.

Love visited Doherty at a rehab clinic in Wiltshire, where he is battling to get clean.

The pair sparked rumours of a romance after they were spotted sharing a kiss.

A source commented of the gift: "Some people might find it disgusting but it’s still art, if in its extreme sense. Nobody baulks when Damien Hirst puts a shark in formaldehyde and this is very similar.

"It’s become the latest outlandish fashion statement in Manhattan but Pete is trying to emphasise how he feels without Kate – defeated, crushed and broken, like the dead animal."

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