Troubled Gascoigne sectioned
02 Jun 2008 - 13:32:23
Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne has been sectioned for the second time this year under the Mental Health Act.
Hertfordshire Police have confirmed the former Newcastle United, Spurs and Lazio midfielder was taken to hospital on Sunday following reports that he was acting strangely in Hemel Hempstead.
A Hertfordshire Police spokesman said: "Police were called just after 12.30pm on Sunday following a report that a 42-year-old man had approached a member of the public who was unknown to him, appearing unwell and in an agitated state.
"Officers arrived and accompanied the man to hospital so he could be checked over. He was sectioned under the Mental Health Act."
Gascoigne was sectioned in February after an incident at the Malmaison Hotel in Newcastle, while last month he went to hospital on a voluntary basis after police were called to an incident at a hotel in west London.