Diana Ross jailed for drink-driving

Diana Ross has been sentenced to two days in prison after being convicted of drink-driving.

Diana Ross has been sentenced to two days in prison after being convicted of drink-driving.

The singer will have to do her time before March 9 and complete at least 36 hours of alcohol abuse treatment, a judge ordered.

The 59-year-old Golden Globe winner contacted the Arizona court by telephone from New York to plead no contest to the charge.

Under the deal, two related charges were dropped.

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She was also put on probation for a year and ordered to pay fines of more than £450.

Ross was arrested in Tuscon on December 30th, 2002, after a driver called police to report a car driving on the wrong side of the road.

A breath test showed she had a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.2% - well above the state limit of 0.08%.

Ronald Beran, a deputy city attorney, said Ross' sentence was in line with the normal punishment for such an offence.

By pleading no contest Ross did not admit to committing the offence.

Her only comments after sentencing were to thank the judge.

AP