Police investigate troubled Paul Gascoigne over claims he verbally abused a woman at a railway station

  • The star had reportedly been drinking when he arrived at Waterloo Station
  • He was acting 'loudly' and then became abusive towards a member of staff
  • A woman was forced to go home after Gascoigne launched 'tirade' at her

By Rory Tingle For Mailonline

Published: 06:18 EST, 13 November 2016 | Updated: 17:30 EST, 13 November 2016

Paul Gascoigne is being investigated by police over claims he verbally abused a woman at a railway station. 

The former England star, 49, had reportedly been drinking when he arrived at London's Waterloo Station around 2.20pm on Thursday.

He was said to have been acting 'loudly' and became abusive when a member of the staff tried to calm him down.

Paul Gascoigne is being investigated by police over claims he verbally abused a woman at a railway station. He is pictured speaking at Wolverhampton Civic Hall in November 

'He was all over the place and started getting really abusive towards the station staff,' a source told The Daily Star Sunday. 

He reportedly 'launched a tirade' at one woman in particular, who was so upset she had to go home.  

A British Transport Police spokesman said: 'We were made aware of a man who was believed to be drunk and disorderly at Waterloo station at about 2.20pm.

'He was helped by officers to a taxi. No arrests have been made.'

MailOnline has contacted Paul Gascoigne's representatives for comment.

Gascoigne, who retired from football in 2005, received a £1,000 fine and required to give £1,000 to a black doorman after a racist joke. 

The former England star, 49, (pictured playing for Lazio) had reportedly been drinking when he arrived at London's Waterloo Station around 2pm on Thursday

Gascoigne was said to have been acting 'loudly' and became abusive when a member of the staff tried to calm him down. He is pictured here playing for Spurs

The former midfielder said he couldn't see whether a black security guard was enjoying his 'Evening With Gazza' show the venue was poorly lit.

Dudley Magistrates' Court was told Gascoigne humiliated Errol Rowe by asking him: 'Can you smile please, because I can't see you?'

Gascoigne was fined over a racist joke he made about a black bouncer during an 'Evening with Gazza' event

According to one witness account, Gascoigne said: 'You want to get to the front of the stage and smile so the audience can see you.'

In a victim impact statement read to the court, Mr Rowe, 38, said he had two decades of experience in the security industry but had cried after the show.

Gascoigne now lives in Dorset, also played for Everton, Middlesbrough and Italian club Lazio, and made 57 appearances for England between 1988 and 1998.

A love of drinking which started while he was still playing descended into a serious alcohol problem after he retired.

In March, Gascoigne was photographed clutching a bottle of gin and being escorted by a police officer in his home town of Poole. 

Photographs then emerged of the former star showing cuts and bruising to his nose, lip and forehead.

Last year he was fined and made subject to a restraining order after admitting harassing his ex-girlfriend and assaulting a photographer.

He waged a two-week campaign of harassment against Mandy Thomas in March after the couple split, sending her abusive tweets, phone calls and text messages.

The court heard he became enraged with jealousy after she struck up a relationship with a paparazzi photographer who had spent months trailing him.         

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