Gazza  is appearing at Stevenage Magistrates’ Court after being charged with two counts of common assault.

The former England Internatonal, 46, was also charged with being drunk and disorderly on July 4.

The former Newcastle United and Tottenham midfielder, who lives in Gateshead, was arrested after officers were called to Stevenage rail station in Hertfordshire at around 10.30pm that evening.

Paul Gascoigne received treatment for alcoholism in an American clinic earlier this year.

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