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Will Young: I crashed into a police car while drunk

Singer was banned from driving for 18 months

Will Young topped the charts with his new album Let It Go

Will Young has revealed that he was taken to court for drink driving when he was a teenager.

The singer was arrested in Oxford, where he retook his A levels.

‘I was driving my Mini and went up a one-way street the wrong way and went into a police car,’ he says.

‘They asked me to get out of the car and I said: “Absolutely officer.” I tried to get out but the door wouldn't work.

'They asked me if I was drunk and I said: “No.” They then took me to the police station. It was very surreal.’

After failing an alcohol level test, Will was charged with drink driving.

‘I missed the court hearing and had to go back to the police station,' he told students at the University Of Oxford last month.

‘They put me into a cell and took me to court with shackles on my legs. They took my tie off me because they thought I might hang myself.

'In the end I got 18 months. I don't condone drink driving.’

Will, 29, starts his British tour next week. His new single Grace is out now.

Alison Adey