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Daniel Johns has been ordered to complete 10 months of an intensive corrections sentence – to be served in the community – after pleading guilty to a high-range drink-driving offence.As reported by ABC News, the former Silverchair frontman appeared in person at Raymond Terrace Local Court today (July 6). Ruling magistrate Ian Cheetham reportedly informed Johns that the maximum sentence for an offence of his kind would be 18 months in jail.

Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns could face jail-time after pleading guilty to drink-driving.Last month, it was revealed that the 42-year-old Johns had entered rehab after being charged with high-range drink-driving after a collision with a vehicle in the Australian New South Wales Hunter region.Johns was absent from the court hearing earlier today (April 11) in the Hunter region, with his lawyer entering a guilty plea on his behalf.As The Guardian report, Johns’ lawyer Bryan Wrench asked magistrate Ian Cheetham to hand down sentencing immediately due to the mental toll the trial may take on Johns, but Cheetham told the local court in Raymond Terrace that the offence was too serious in nature for this to be a possibility – and that Johns may face a prison sentence.The case has now been adjourned until June 22. “His main focus is his mental health,” lawyer Wrench told the court of Johns.A police report cited by The Sydney Morning Herald at the time of Johns’ charging said that the singer had been driving an SUV northbound on the Pacific Highway when his car allegedly collided with another vehicle travelling southbound.A roadside breathaliser test conducted by attending paramedics allegedly returned a positive result.