Andy Carroll to appear in court after arrest and charge for breaching order | Andy Carroll

Former England striker Andy Carroll has been charged with breaching a non-harassment order and will appear in court on Tuesday.

Carroll, who was capped nine times by England and played for Newcastle and Liverpool among others, was arrested in April after allegedly committing an offense the previous month.

An Essex police spokesman said: “A man has been charged with breaching a non-harassment order. Andrew Carroll, 36, of Epping, was arrested on April 27 and the alleged offenses relate to an incident in March this year. He will appear at Chelmsford magistrates’ court on December 30.”

Carroll also counts West Ham, Reading and West Brom among his former employers. After playing for Amiens and Bordeaux in France, he signed for National League South club Dagenham & Redbridge in July.

A non-harassment order is usually a court order to prevent a person from contacting another person. Penalties for violating this order range from a fine to up to five years in prison in the most serious cases.