Former England star Paul Gascoigne was released on police bail on
Monday after he was questioned on suspicion of being drunk in
charge of a vehicle.
The former Newcastle and Tottenham 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 on
Monday morning before being released on bail pending further
inquiries.
North Yorkshire Police said officers were called to the
takeaway restaurant at 9.10pm Sunday 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, 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 for 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.
