Paul Gascoigne has been arrested on suspicion of causing
criminal damage. Police have declined to identify Gascoigne by
name, but have confirmed that a 41-year-old man, understood to be
the former England midfielder, was taken into custody this
morning.
"A 41-year-old man was arrested at an address in Ravensworth
Road, Dunston this morning on suspicion of criminal damage," said a
Northumbria Police spokeswoman. "Inquiries are going."
Gascoigne's arrest is the latest turbulent chapter in what has
been a troubled year for the former international. He has twice
been sectioned under the Mental Health Act, first in February
following reports of erratic behaviour at a Newcastle hotel and
then again in June, when he approached a member of the public in an
agitated state in Hertfordshire.
Gascoigne has become one of English football's most iconic
figures, but has struggled for some time with alcoholism and
depression.