Hibernian midfielder Joe Newell has appeared in court to admit a drink driving charge - just hours before he takes to the field to play for the Edinburgh club against Rangers.Newell, appearing under his full name of Joseph Newell, was caught more than three times the legal drink drive limit when police pulled him over in October.
The 28-year-old Hibs playmaker was taken to a local police station and cautioned and charged with the offence. Fiscal depute Drew Long told Edinburgh Sheriff Court officers on mobile patrol spotted Newell driving "particularly slowly" near to his home in Wallyford, East Lothian, at around 12.35am on October 31 this year.
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