British actor/singer DARREN DAY is facing a string of charges after he smashed his luxury car into a lamp-post in Edinburgh, Scotland in the early hours of Friday morning (18Dec09).
The 41 year old allegedly lost control of his Mercedes and crashed in the city centre. He subsequently failed a breath test, with cops claiming the star clocked in at nearly double the legal alcohol limit for driving in Britain.
Day appeared in court in Edinburgh later on Friday to face six charges including careless driving, failing to report an accident, failing to stop and failing to co-operate with a preliminary breath test. He faces an alternative to a drink-driving charge, following allegations he refused to give two breath samples while in custody. Day is also charged with possession of a weapon, after cops allegedly found him with a kubotan, a self-defence weapon usually kept on a key-chain.
At the court hearing, Day denied all of the charges and was bailed. His car was seized and will be held until the star's trial, which has been set for January (10).
The arrest comes just over a year after Day was handed a driving ban last August (08) after pleading guilty to drink-driving charges following an arrest in Wales.
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