Paul Gascoigne arrested after drunken "disturbance"
FORMER footballer Paul Gascoigne has been arrested for being drunk and disorderly.
The ex-Rangers star, who has fought a public battle with the bottle, said in a recent radio interview that he had refrained from drinking for four months.
However the former England international was arrested in the early hours of this morning in Jesmond, near the town centre of Newcastle, following what police say was a "disturbance".
He was later taken to a police station before receiving a fixed penalty notice for being drunk and disorderly.
The former England hero, who also played at Lazio, Rangers and Middlesbrough, went public about his continuing battle with addiction in March.
Gascoigne was sectioned three times under the mental health act last year.
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