- Former Premier League star Dean Saunders was on Wednesday jailed for 10 weeks after failing to give a breath test when he was caught driving ‘erratically’ after downing pints at the races.
Former Premier League star Dean Saunders was on Wednesday jailed for 10 weeks after failing to give a breath test when he was caught driving ‘erratically’ after downing pints at the races.
The former Liverpool striker refused to take a breathalyser when he was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving in his £70,000 Audi A8 in Boughton, Chester, on May 10.
When taken to a police station, he again failed to provide a breath sample.
The 55-year-old said he had been out at the Chester Races and had ‘drunk two pints.’
But ‘intoxicated’ Saunders was caught on bodycam footage slurring his speech and propping himself up against his car when he was asked to get out of the vehicle.
Saunders claimed his asthma prevented him from giving a breath sample, but he failed to tell officers about his condition when he was arrested.
He was slammed by the furious judge today who labelled him ‘arrogant’ and said he considered himself ‘above the law.’
He also said the father-of-three narrowly avoided an accident but had shown ‘no real remorse’.
Saunders pleaded not guilty at an earlier hearing but admitted a charge of failing to comply with a roadside breath test and failing to provide a breath sample for analysis at the eleventh hour.
The star, who also played for Aston Villa and Derby County and was capped by Wales 75 times, was also banned from driving for 30 months and ordered to pay court costs of £620.
