A DISGRACED ex-Man City starlet who killed two siblings in a drink-drive horror crash is facing jail after he was caught drunk behind the wheel again.
Courtney Meppen-Walter, 24, wrestled with cops after he was found to be more than twice the limit while driving through Manchester city centre.
Officers had pulled in front of the footballer’s Fiat Picanto after they saw him crash into a kerb and then stall the vehicle at a set of red traffic lights.
When he was stopped Meppen-Walter initially refused to get out of the car and had to be hauled out.
He was said to have resisted the officer and was eventually pulled to the floor with the help of two passersby, Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard.
Meppen-Walter , from Rochdale, had 85 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35mg.
He now faces six months in jail – but will have to wait until the new year for sentencing.
The incident comes after Meppen-Walter was locked away for ploughing into a red Nissan Micra whilst travelling nearly twice the 30mph speed limit in September 2012.
Then 18, the footballer was “showboating” in his flash silver Mercedes Elegance CDI when he killed driver Kulwant Singh, 32, and his 37-year old sister Ravel Kaur who was a front seat passenger.
Mrs Kaur’s two sons Amjid and Parveen, 16 and 17 were sat in the back and were left fighting for life with serious injuries and had to be cut free from the mangled wreckage.
Eppen-Walter was jailed for 16 months but was released before serving all of his sentence.
The footballer held his head in his hands when lawyers discussed the killer crash and was allowed to leave court out of a side door to avoid the media.
During the hearing, Leveene Hill defending said her client had been with friends at a Christmas market when he was caught drunk behind the wheel and resisted police because he was nervous about his previous conviction.
She told the court: “As soon as he was asked to pull over he did so but he was nervous due to his previous conviction and his previous involvement with the police.
“He tells me he had attended the Christmas markets with friends. He had no intention of consuming any alcohol but he does admit he decided to partake in the consumption.
“He then tells me he got into a mood and drove home. He didn’t consider where he was over the limit or what would have happened.
“The police pulled him over and when the police asked him to provide a sample of breath he did so. His initial response was of shock in reference to his previous police involvement. You know of his previous, he went to a Young Offenders Institution. He was a young man at the time. There has been no other offending.
“He was arrested shortly after 3.20am and he has been in custody for a significant period of time.”
Adjourning the case Deputy District Judge Alexandra Simmonds said: ”He has previous for a very serious driving offence relating to somebody’s death.”
She told the footballer: “Mr Meppen-Walter, you pleaded guilty and you will get credit in due course. But the court needs more information about you before I decide what to do with you. All options will be considered.”
Meppen-Walter began his career with Manchester City but was released from the club after his conviction for two charges of causing death by careless driving.
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After his release from jail he joined Carlisle United before signing for Conference North club, Chorley in March 2016.
His criminal trial was told how the double-death crash in September 2012 occurred just five months after Meppen-Walker was caught speeding at 54mph in another 30mph zone in Bury.
The former £1,000 a week defender who represented England at under-17 level was travelling in convoy with a friend in a VW Golf.
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