Ex-Liverpool and Manchester United star Ince banned for drink-driving
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Ince admitted driving his black Range Rover while over the limit on June 28 in Cheshire.
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The ex-England captain had a reading of 49 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath when he was stopped by police, Chester Magistrates court heard on Friday.
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Nigel Jones, prosecuting, said: 'On the day in question, the defendant was witnessed by an off-duty police officer driving a vehicle perceived to be swerving across the road.'
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He said the 57-year-old's car swerved across the central reservation, hitting bollards and causing two tyres to burst.
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Frank Rogers, defending Ince, said: 'My client finds himself today facing the huge impact of a ban, but he accepts he only has himself to blame for that.
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'He misjudged the fact he believed at the time he would be under the limit.'
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Rogers said Ince had been at Heswall Golf Club and had not eaten before having two drinks in the clubhouse.
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'He felt fine to drive, of course we now know that he shouldn't have done,' Rogers said.
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District Judge Jack McGarva told Ince: 'The message has got to be if you're going to drive you don't drink at all.'
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Ince, who also played for Inter Milan and West Ham, earned 53 caps for England, winning two Premier League titles among a host of trophies during his six years as a United midfielder.
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