A former Oxford United star has been given a two-year driving ban after admitting drink-driving.

Joey Beauchamp, 38, of Titup Hall Drive, Wood Farm, was sentenced at Oxford Magistrates’ Court yesterday after admitting driving while more than three times over the alcohol limit at an earlier hearing.

As well as being disqualified from driving for two years, he was given a six-month community order requiring him to report to the probation service, and ordered to pay £40 in costs.

The charge relates to an incident in Scott Road, Cutteslowe, on Monday, August 10, when Beauchamp was stopped by police and failed a breath test.