Stephen Manderson, better known as Professor Green, arriving at Bromley Magistrates’ Court in Kent, yesterday. Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

Rapper Professor Green has been banned from driving for a year and ordered to pay a £525 fine and costs after pleading guilty to drink-driving.

The 30-year-old was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving on November 3.

Bromley Magistrates’ Court was told that the star got behind the wheel of his Mercedes after being robbed of his £40,000 Rolex watch on the doorstep of his home in Tyrwhitt Road, Lewisham, southeast London.

He got into his car because he feared his wife, Made in Chelsea reality TV star Millie Mackintosh, who had screamed and fled, was being chased by the attacker, according to his lawyer David Hislop.

Green, who appeared in court under his real name of Stephen Manderson, was found to have driven with 52 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml of breath. The legal limit is 35.

The I Need You Tonight star confirmed his name, age and address and pleaded guilty to the charge.He said he would take a drink-driver rehabilitation course so that his 12-month disqualification might be cut to nine months. His licence was also endorsed for the offence.

The rapper was arrested after police attended reports that a man had been robbed in Tyrwhitt Road at around 2.40am.

When officers arrived, they discovered that a Mercedes had crashed into a van.

Prosecutor Samantha Mitchell said police were alerted after a 999 call, made at 2.35am by Manderson using a mobile phone belonging to a passer-by.

The police realised that he was drunk and told him he would have to provide a specimen. He was driven to Lewisham police station to be dealt with.

Hislop suggested that Manderson, who had no previous convictions and a clean licence, had driven while over the limit for “some distressing and understandable reasons”.