Sugababe Berrabah banned from road for 14 months

Sugababe Amelle Berrabah has been banned from driving for 14 months after admitting drink-driving.

The 26-year-old is sorry for her "exceptionally silly" actions, her lawyer told Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court in London.

She was also fined 2,000 for driving with excess alcohol.

Berrabah, who was wearing a pale grey silk blouse, black trousers and black high heels, was surrounded by photographers as she got out of a silver Mercedes people carrier for the court appearance.

James O'Brien, representing the singer, told the court that due to the media interest in her she would find it difficult to use public transport.

But District Judge Ian Baker told the pop star, who was arrested on September 23 at the wheel of her Mercedes: "One can take an awful lot of taxis for the same cost of running such a car for a year."