STOKE City ace Saido Berahino swore at reporters outside court today as he arrived to face a 3am “drink-drive” rap. The 25-year-old striker is appearing at Highbury Corner Magistrates&#…
Berhaino was filmed mouthing off at a media pack gathered outside, muttering: "F*** all of you man, get the f*** out the way man," before adding: "F****g idiots".He was temporarily suspended by Stoke after he was arrested at around 3am in central London in the early hours of February 18.
, who was banned from the wheel in 2015 after pleading guilty to drink driving, had spent the evening dining at VQ, a 24-hour restaurant and bar in Bloomsbury which specialises in smoothies.Eyewitnesses saw the Stoke striker attacked as he left 24-hour VQ restaurant in central LondonBut when officers arrived at the scene they saw Berahino's black Range Rover race off. He claimed he was taking evasive action from a group who had allegedly attacked him, but was arrested on the scene.
“The car was stopped by police in Bedford Square and a 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of drink driving.” Berahino, who joined Stoke in January 2012 for £12m, was given an eight-week ban from footballer in 2016 after failing a drugs test. He claimed at the time that his drink had been spiked in a nightclub and that the level of drugs found was "really low".We pay for your stories! Do you have a story for The Sun Online news team? Email us at
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