George Michael faces sentencing

George Michael is due to be sentenced later for driving while stoned.

Magistrates heard the 43-year-old had a cocktail of drugs in his system including GHB and cannabis after he was found slumped at the wheel of his Mercedes in north London last October.

The star admitted driving while unfit, claiming it was due to tiredness and prescribed drugs.

At an earlier hearing he told the court: "I did something very stupid and I am very ashamed since doing it.

He added: I'm not used to defending myself in a position where I am ashamed of something. I was not in my normal physical state and I'm perfectly prepared to accept the correct punishment for that and I would have accepted it a long time ago."

His court appearance comes a day before he kicks off his European tour at the new Wembley stadium.