Rocker Pete Doherty walked out from a restaurant without paying his dinner, claiming he was broke.

Doherty, 26, the frontman of Babyshambles who has recently split from supermodel Kate Moss, dined on Monday at the Tebay Service Station of the M6 motorway in Cumbria, England. After having finished eating, the singer walked out from the restaurant to the buss station, without paying.

When one of the managers went after him, Doherty said he has no money, arguing he's in £300,000 debt .

Tebay storeman Simon Hall says: "Instead of walking through the till area, he went round to the back of the smoking (dining) area. He walked out and off to the bus without paying.
One of our manager called him back. Doherty said he was in all this debt. £300,000 (€443,000) and they should let him off because he's famous."

Doherty's spokesman says: "He had some food and didn't have any money on him. That's why someone had to go back to the bus. The meal came to £6.99 (€10.50). The person came back and only have a fiver. They've only just gone on the road. Usually there's someone around to dish out the money. I'm not aware if Pete said anything about being in debt or about Kate."

Hall's co-worker Ryan McKenzie confessed to British newspaper the Daily Star that Doherty told him at one point that one of the reasons he's dating Kate Moss is because she's a millionaire: "I'm 300 grand in debt. Why do you think I'm going out with Kate Moss?"