Day in jail for Tyson over drugs

Ex-boxer Mike Tyson has been sentenced to 24 hours in jail and 360 hours of community service for drug possession and driving under the influence.

The former heavyweight champion also received three years' probation after being caught driving in possession of cocaine, having also used marijuana.

US prosecutors had recommended a one-year prison sentence on the grounds that Tyson was a multiple offender.

But the Arizona judge praised him for seeking help for his drug addiction.

Tyson, now 41, was caught by police driving erratically leaving a nightclub in Scottsdale, Arizona, in December 2006.

During a roadside search they found three bags of cocaine and he later admitted to having used marijuana that day along with an anti-depressant.

The Maricopa county attorney Andrew Thomas earlier this year warned Tyson had "run out of second chances" and he would seek a jail term.