Dean Saunders wins appeal to overturn jail sentence

Judge Steven Everett quashed the jail sentence and suspended the punishment for 18 months. …

Ex-Liverpool striker Dean Saunders has won his appeal against a jail sentence for failing to take a breath test.

Saunders, 55, was jailed for 10 weeks by District Judge Nicholas Sanders when he appeared at Chester Magistrates’ Court on August 28.

He admitting failing to comply with a roadside breath test and failing to provide a breath specimen.

Judge Steven Everett has quashed the immediate jail sentence and instead suspended the sentence for 18 months.

Saunders also played for Aston Villa, Derby County, and Nottingham Forest and won 75 caps for Wales.