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'Gary Charles' (born April 13, 1970) is an English former footballer who played at right-back.
Charles won two caps for the England team and turned out at club level for Nottingham Forest, Derby County, Aston Villa, SL Benfica, and finally West Ham United. Charles was famously fouled by Paul Gascoigne in the 1991 FA Cup Final, causing Gascoigne's cruciate ligaments to tear and forcing him out the game for several months.
After the end of his playing career, Charles struggled with alcoholism. He was twice imprisoned — first for drunken driving and soon afterwards for cutting off his electronic tag to go on holiday to the Costa del Sol. In September 2005, he was arrested and convicted for assaulting a woman and allegedly defecating in his pants in a taxi office in Clay Cross , north east Derbyshire.^[1] After the jury was unable to reach a verdict, a retrial was ordered. Between the trials Charles was jailed for turning up to court drunk^[2] At the later hearing, he admitted he had an on-going drink problem.^[3] He was subsequently fined and given a suspended sentence and a community service order.^[4]
Charles was jailed for 12 months in December 2006 after committing a public order offence whilst serving his suspended sentence.^[5]
Charles is in the process of writing his autobiography^[6]

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1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/5214738.stm
2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/5110230.stm
3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/5146238.stm
4. http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/derbyshire/5403408.stm
5. Former England footballer jailed
6. http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,1541725,00.html Observer Sport Monthly profile

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