Former Nottingham Forest striker Dean Saunders has won his appeal against his prison sentence.
Saunders was sentenced to 10 weeks in prison after he failed to provide a road side breath specimen.
But his sentence has now been suspended after his lawyers won the appeal.
The 55-year-old was originally jailed for 10 weeks by District Judge Nicholas Sanders when he appeared at Chester Magistrates' Court on August 28, after admitting failing to comply with a roadside breath test and failing to provide a breath specimen, DerbyshireLive reports.
He had been stopped by a police patrol in Chester city centre on May 10 after spending a day at the races.
Saunders spent just one day in custody and was given bail after his lawyers launched an appeal against his jail sentence.
On Friday Judge Steven Everett, Honorary Recorder of Chester, quashed the immediate jail sentence and instead suspended the 10-week prison sentence for 18 months.
Saunders was also ordered to do 200 hours unpaid work in the community. His 30-month road ban remains.
