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Rapper Professor Green admits drink-driving and is banned | Rapper Professor Green admits drink-driving and is banned |
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Rapper Professor Green has been banned from driving after admitting a charge of drink-driving. | Rapper Professor Green has been banned from driving after admitting a charge of drink-driving. |
The 30-year-old, appearing at Bromley Magistrates' Court under his real name Stephen Manderson, was also fined £525. | |
The court heard that Green got into his vehicle on 3 November after his £40,000 Rolex was stolen and he feared his wife was being chased by the thief. | |
Police were called to Tyrwhitt Road, Lewisham, where they found a Mercedes car and a van had crashed. | |
David Hislop QC, defending, told the court the rapper was robbed on the doorstep of his home. | |
The musician got into his car after hearing his wife Millie Mackintosh scream before she fled the area. | |
When Green was arrested by police he was found to have driven with 52 microgrammes of alcohol in 100ml of breath. The legal limit is 35. | |
Green told the court he would take a drink-driver rehabilitation course so that his 12-month disqualification might be cut to nine months. |
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