Ex-Liverpool striker Dean Saunders has won his appeal against a jail sentence for failing to take a breath test after being stopped on suspicion of drink driving.
Saunders, 55, was 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.
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.
He was also ordered to do 200 hours unpaid work in the community. His 30-month road ban remains.
Saunders is a Welsh football manager who played as a striker from 1982 until 2001.
He played for Liverpool from 1991 until 1992, before moving on to Aston Villa.
