Former Liverpool striker Dean Saunders, who was the special guest at a football fun day in Ross-on-Wye last year, has been jailed for 10 weeks for failing to provide a breath specimen after being arrested on suspicion of drink-driving.

Saunders, who also played for Aston Villa and Derby County and was capped by Wales 75 times, refused to give a roadside breath test and, when taken to a police station, again failed to provide a breath sample, the court heard.

He pleaded not guilty at an earlier hearing but on Wednesday he admitted a charge of failing to comply with a roadside breath test and failing to provide a breath sample for analysis in Boughton, Chester, on May 10th this year.

Saunders was also banned from driving for 30 months and ordered to pay court costs of £620.