Ex-Liverpool player Dean Saunders has been sent to prison for 10 weeks for refusing to provide a breath test it has been revealed.
Saunders, 55, was stopped by police on suspicion of drink-driving in Boughton, Chester, on 10 May this year.
The District Judge Nicholas Sanders called him “arrogant” as he sent him to jail.
Saunders was also capped by Wales 75 times during his career. His defence, Conor Johnstone, defending Saunders, said his client would be appealing against the sentence.
The court heard how at about 00:45 BST, a police patrol spotted Saunders’ car driving at speed and failing to give way at a roundabout, causing another vehicle to brake.
He was then arrested for failing to provide a breath test and taken to a police station when he again refused to do the test.
The judge said: “Throughout these proceedings you have shown yourself to be arrogant, thinking you are someone whose previous and current role in the public eye entitles you to be above the law,”
