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Darren Day handed 18-month driving ban

27/08/2008

Darren Day has been banned from driving for 18 months having admitted to being over the drink-drive limit when he was arrested in June.

The actor and singer was apprehended by Cardiff police in the early hours of the morning of June 18th and was taken into custody before being released on bail.

And testifying at Cardiff magistrates court on Wednesday, the 40-year-old pleaded guilty to drink-driving.

He had previously denied exceeding the legal alcohol limit and an earlier court hearing had heard that officers had been unable to take a breathalyser sample from Day after arresting him in the Welsh capital's city centre.

However, the previous hearing also heard that Day had later provided a positive sample while in custody which revealed that he had 65 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath - the legal limit is 35 micrograms.

Day, who had been starring in the musical Hello Dolly! alongside former EastEnders actress Anita Dobson at the time off his arrest, was due to stand trial at Cardiff magistrates court on Wednesday morning but arrived without legal representation and entered a guilty plea.

As well as an 18-month ban from driving, District Judge Geraint Watkins also fined The I'm A Celebrity… star £700.

Famed for his colourful love life - having dated and broken up with Anna Friel, Isla Fisher and Dancing On Ice winner Suzanne Shaw, with whom he has a son, Corey - Day recently gave an interview claiming to have reformed since his marriage in 2007.

"Life's very different for me now to what it was. I've landed on my feet really," he told the Western Mail newspaper.

"I married this wonderful lady and it's changed my life. She's pretty much 100 per cent responsible for changing my life around and my children have been inspirational too - life's fantastic."