BBC 'axe' Trevor Sinclair as Match of the Day pundit after he was caught drink driving then called a police officer a 'white c***'
Former
England footballer Trevor Sinclair has been axed as a Match of the Day pundit after calling a policeman a 'white c***' before urinating in a police car after he was caught drink driving.
The 44-year-old, asked the officer if he was being arrested because he was black and accused the police of racism, Blackpool Magistrates' Court heard today
Sinclair, who has represented anti-racism campaign Show Racism The Red Card, continued being racist after he was taken to the cells at Blackpool Police Station.
A BBC spokesperson said: 'He is a freelance broadcaster. We currently have no scheduled plans to use him on our programmes.'
The former footballer, of Lytham, Lancashire, pleaded guilty to drink driving and a racially aggravated public order offence today and was given 150 hours community service and a 20-month drink drive ban.
Nick Freeman, representing Sinclair, said the 'catalyst' for his behaviour that night was being subjected to racism, in front of his family, while out having a meal hours earlier.
Mr Freeman said a woman had approached the father of four, patted him on the head and called him a 'little chocolate man'.
Jim Mowbray, prosecuting, told the court that, at around 8.45pm on November 12 last year, police were alerted to an incident at Sinclair's home address but were told he had left in his Tesla car and he may have been drinking.
Patrols were out looking for him and found his car stopped in the middle of the road in Clifton Drive, Blackpool, after Sinclair had been in collision with a woman who had stepped into his path after getting out of a taxi.
In a statement read to the court, Pc Gareth Evans said: 'I asked Mr Sinclair what had happened. It appeared to me he was drunk, unsteady on his feet and his eyes were glazed.'
Sinclair was given a roadside breath test and was found to be twice over the drink-drive limit, giving a reading of 72 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath, with the limit being 35mg.
Nick Freeman, representing Sinclair, said: 'He's totally appalled at his behaviour. He's embarrassed, genuinely contrite and first and foremost would like to apologise to Pc Evans. He accepts police were not racist towards him.'
Sinclair, who was a winger, played for
Manchester City, West Ham and England during his 16-year career.
Sinclair was supported by his wife Natalie at a previous hearing.
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