Paul Gascoigne drink-drive charges dropped

By The Newsroom
Published 10th Feb 2011, 14:24 BST
Updated 10th Feb 2011, 14:55 BST
Drink-drive charges against fromer Rangers star Paul Gascoigne have been dropped, a court confirmed today.

Gascoigne, 43, was due to go on trial at Northallerton Magistrates' Court in North Yorkshire next week after the case was adjourned four times last year.

The ex-Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur player was accused of driving a Ford Transit van while more than four times the limit on February 7 last year at Leeming Bar, North Yorkshire.

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But court officials confirmed the case against Gascoigne has been dropped.

Gascoigne was due to appear with his co-accused Michael Harvey, 41, of Wood Street, Gateshead.