- - Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne has pleaded guilty to racially aggravated abuse after a "joke" he told during a show.

Gascoigne, 49, made the comment during An Evening With Gazza in Wolverhampton on 30 November 2015.
At Dudley Magistrates' Court, the ex-player admitted using "threatening or abusive words or behaviour".

Gascoigne, who lives in Dorset, was fined £1,000 and ordered to pay £1,000 in compensation. - -

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