Former Corrie star 'two and a half times over limit' in drink drive case

FORMER Coronation Street star Bruce Jones vowed last night to beat the bottle and save his marriage, after Sandra, his wife of 26 years, was forced to give evidence against him in court.

Jones, who played Les Battersby in the ITV soap for ten years, was accused of subjecting her to years of drunken abuse.

Yesterday he admitted yanking the wheel of their Mercedes M Class car from her hand as she drove along a busy dual carriageway, and shouting he would kill them both.

He was banned from driving at Mold Crown Court and bailed to return for sentencing next month after admitting dangerous and drunken driving.

Jones, who was two and a half times the legal limit during the incident last August, issued a statement through his barrister, Dominic D'Souza.

Outside court the lawyer said: "Mr Jones accepts for the first time that he has an alcohol problem which he needs to address.

"It is one that has caused him significant problems over the last five or six years. He very much wants to address this with privacy and get his life together and save a marriage that has lasted over 26 years.

"He is very regretful at having his wife subjected to cross-examination in court."