Gascoigne on bail after being suspected of drink driving

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

FORMER England football star Paul Gascoigne was released on police bail yesterday after he was questioned on suspicion of being drunk in charge of a vehicle.

The former Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur midfielder was taken into custody on Sunday night after police were called to a disturbance at a takeaway in Leeming Bar, North Yorkshire.

The 42-year-old, who has faced a long battle with alcoholism and depression, and another man were questioned by officers yesterday before being released on bail pending further inquiries.

North Yorkshire Police said officers were called to the takeaway restaurant at 9.10pm yesterday after reports of a disturbance.

Gascoigne and a 40-year-old man were both arrested on suspicion of being drunk while in charge of a motor vehicle and later released on bail.

Gascoigne has been sectioned three times under the Mental Health Act in 2008.

This appeared in the printed version of the Irish Examiner Tuesday, February 09, 2010