Former footballer Clarke Carlisle has been banned from driving and sentenced to 150 hours of unpaid community work after pleading guilty to a drink-driving offence in Islington.
The former Premier League player, 35, was spotted driving his Mercedes "erratically" before being stopped by police on Pentonville Road on December 20 last year.
At a previous hearing he pleaded guilty to failing to provide a sample. He also admitted a charge of driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence on the same date.
The former Professional Footballers' Association chairman had been seen by police “swerving” his car and nearly hitting a lorry at around 7am.
The incident came just two days before he attempted suicide by jumping into the path of a 12-ton truck on the A64 near York.
Sentencing at Highbury Magistrates' Court today, district judge Susan Williams told Carlisle that, although he had made a "positive contribution" in the world of others in football, she had to sentence him for the risk he had created in driving "erratically".
She told Carlisle that " if you are not in control of your vehicle in a road in central London you represent a danger to people".
Carlisle was ordered to do 150 hours of unpaid work within the next 12 months, his licence was endorsed and he was given a three year ban. He was also ordered to pay a £60 surcharge and £85 prosecution costs.
Additional reporting by PA
