‘I was drink driving because I was being chased by these muggers’

Football ace Saido Berahino claims he was trying to escape knife wielding robbers when he was caught drink driving. Police were called to an incident outside VQ, a 24-hour restaurant and bar in Bloomsbury, central London, at 3am on February 18 and saw the Stoke City striker, 25, racing off. He drove for only 15 seconds in his matte black Range Rover and was stopped in Bedford Square, Highbury Corner Magistrates Court heard. The former West Brom forward, who was…

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