Morrison quizzed by police after taking lift

Birmingham have released a statement after Clinton Morrison was questioned by police following an incident on Monday evening.

The striker accepted a lift in a car which was later found to have drugs in it when stopped by police.

“Birmingham City Football Club is keen to clarify the circumstances surrounding an incident involving Clinton Morrison on Monday evening,” said the statement.

“The facts are that a car Clinton was travelling in was found to have drugs in it when it was stopped by police in a routine check.

“Clinton, who is unable to drive, had accepted a lift in good faith from someone he didn’t know.

“Clinton is no way involved with drugs and realises accepting a lift from someone not known to him was the wrong thing to do and he was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

Blues boss Steve Bruce said: “Clinton obviously realises he has made an error of judgement but does not take or is involved in drugs in any way.”

Morrison was released on bail after questioning and has been told by police that he is unlikely to face charges.

Bruce added: “There are no charges against Clinton. The only thing he has done is the naivety of just getting into the car. It is end of story as far as we are concerned.

“There is nothing untoward happened on Clinton’s part. There is no internal action being taken by us against him. At the end of the day he has done nothing wrong.”