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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
Entertainment
Sara-Aisha Kent & Ellie Kemp

Alan Carr's husband freed from jail after drink-driving sentence overturned

Paul Drayton, Alan Carr’s husband, was freed after a 'harrowing' two nights in prison after a judge overturned his sentence for drink-driving.

The 50-year-old was jailed on Wednesday for reversing a 4X4 into a police car with an alcohol test reading 'off the scale'.

He had been handed a 14-week jail term after pleading guilty to a single count of 'driving a motor vehicle when alcohol level above limit.'

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