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

The former England striker Andy Carroll has been charged with breaching a non-molestation order and is set to appear in court on Tuesday.Carroll, who was capped nine times by England and played for Newcastle and Liverpool, was arrested in April after allegedly committing an offence the previous month.An Essex Police spokesperson said: “A man has been charged with breaching a non-molestation order. Andrew Carroll, 36, of Epping, was arrested on 27 April and the alleged offences relate to an incident in March this year. He is due to appear at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court on 30 December.”Carroll also counts West Ham, Reading and West Brom among his former employers. After a spell in France with Amiens and Bordeaux, he signed for the National League South club Dagenham & Redbridge in July.A non-molestation order is a UK court injunction, typically to stop an individual from contacting another person. Punishments for breaching the order range from a fine to – in the severest of cases – up to five years in prison.