5:14pm Monday 8th February 2010
By Andrew Douglas
Former England star Paul Gascoigne has today been released on police bail after he was questioned on suspicion of being drunk in charge of a vehicle.
The former Newcastle United and Middlesbrough midfielder was taken into custody last night after police were called to a disturbance at a pizza takeaway in Leeming Bar, near Northallerton, North Yorkshire.
The 42-year-old, who has faced a long battle with alcoholism and depression, and another man were questioned by officers this morning before being released on bail pending further inquiries.
After his release Gazza went to a hotel in Darlington.
North Yorkshire Police said officers were called to the takeaway restaurant at 9.10pm last night 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 at Newcastle, Spurs, Lazio, Rangers, Middlesbrough and in China, went public about his continuing battle with addiction in March last year.
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