George Michael arrested after driving into north London shop
George Michael arrested after driving into north London shop
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Tuesday, 06, Jul 2010 01:23
By Lewis Bazley.
Singer George Michael has been arrested on suspicion of being unfit to drive after crashing into a north London shop, it has emerged.
The Wham! star was arrested on Sunday after his vehicle collided with a Snappy Snaps photography outlet in Hampstead in the early hours of the morning.
Police confirmed they were called to the store at 03:45 BST on Sunday following reports of a collision and arrested a man in his 40s.
He was taken to a north London police station and bailed until August pending further inquiries.
Forty-seven-year-old Michael's arrest is not his first brush with the law, with the Careless Whisper singer arrested for "engaging in a lewd act" in a Beverly Hills toilet in 1998.
He was arrested for possession of marijuana in 2006 and in the following year after being found at the wheel of his car "unfit to drive through drugs".
He received a two-year driving ban after the 2007 arrest but was detained by police again in 2008 in a Hampstead public toilet, receiving a caution for possession of a controlled substance.
Following his 2008 arrest, Michael said: "I want to apologise to my fans for screwing up again, and to promise them I'll sort myself out. And to say sorry to everybody else, just for boring them."