Professor Green admits drink-driving after jumping into car to protect wife who fled when robbers stole £40,000 Rolex on his doorstep

AS excuses for drink-driving go, it sounded as creative as some of his rap lyrics.
Singer Professor Green yesterday admitted jumping into his £100,000 Mercedes sports car while over the limit.
However, he insisted it was to protect his heiress wife Millie Mackintosh, who he feared was going to be killed by a mugger.

Rapper Professor Green, pictured arriving at Bromley Magistrates' Court today, was fined £525, ordered to pay court costs and banned from driving for a year after pleading guilty to a charge of drink-driving

Professor Green held the hand of his wife Millie Mackintosh as he left Bromley Magistrates' Court following the hearing today. He pleaded guilty to drink-driving on November 3 last year in Lewisham, south-east London

The musician said he had screamed at the Made In Chelsea star to run off when he was robbed of his £40,000 Rolex outside their home as they returned from a nightclub.
Fearing the attacker would then chase after Miss Mackintosh, 24, he got into the car to try to find her – inadvertently smashing into a parked van.
When police arrived on the scene, they arrested Professor Green – whose real name is Stephen Manderson – for drink-driving. However, his problems worsened when officers later said he was being investigated for perverting the course of justice over the mugging excuse.