Paul Gascoigne held in drink-drive investigation
Author: By Amy Murphy, PA
The former Newcastle and Tottenham midfielder was taken into custody last
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 being questioned by officers this morning.
A North Yorkshire Police spokesman said: “At 9.10pm on Sunday, officers from
North Yorkshire Police were called to a disturbance at a takeaway at Leeming
Bar.
“Following inquiries, two men, aged 42 and 40, from the Newcastle area, were
arrested on suspicion of being drunk while in charge of a motor vehicle.
“They were taken into custody for questioning and remain there.”
Gascoigne, who was sectioned three times under the Mental Health Act in 2008,
has described how when he hit rock bottom he was taking cocaine and drinking
a litre of gin a day, which left him delusional and afraid to leave his room.
The former England hero, who played at Newcastle, Spurs, Lazio, Rangers,
Middlesbrough and in China, went public about his continuing battle with
addiction in March last year.
He told BBC Radio 5 Live’s Victoria Derbyshire he had been clean of drink and
drugs for four months, working the 12 Steps Programme and attending
Alcoholics Anonymous.
But in December last year, he was handed a fixed penalty notice for being
drunk and disorderly after being arrested in Newcastle.
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