Gazza held after hotel spat
21/02/2008 15:19  - (SA)  

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London - Former England midfield player Paul Gascoigne is being held under the Mental Health Act, a police source said on Thursday.

The former Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United player, widely known as Gazza, was arrested at the Hilton hotel in Gateshead on Wednesday evening.

Nobody was injured and there was no violence and no damage to the hotel.

A police spokesperson said: "A 40-year-old man has been detained.

"We had received a report of concern for a 40-year-old man staying at the hotel. The man was detained under the Mental Health Act."

Gascoigne was most recently manager of Kettering Town and has also played for Lazio and Rangers.

He was capped 57 times by England.

- Reuters

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