Silverchair’s Daniel Johns pleads guilty to drink-driving, could face prison

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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.

New South Wales Police said: “[Johns] was arrested and taken to Raymond Terrace police station where he underwent a secondary breath analysis which returned an alleged reading of 0.157.”In an Instagram from the time of the incident, Johns began addressed his ongoing management of his mental health. “As you know, my mental health is a work in progress.

I have good days and bad days but it’s something I always have to manage.”Johns said that over that week, he began to experience panic attacks.