Daniel Johns

Johns was pulled over on the Pacific Highway at North Arm Cove, NSW, on March 23 and recorded a blood-alcohol reading of more than three times the legal ...

Last night I got lost while driving and I was in an accident. Appreciate your love and support as always.' I feel like a complete f**k-up and I'm sorry. I am handling these matters professionally and privately. Both vehicles ended up on a nature strip. Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns (right, with lawyer Bryan Wrench) looked pale and gaunt in a baggy suit as he arrived at Raymond Terrace Local Court to face sentencing for drink-driving charges on Wednesday. He was handed a 10-month term to be served in the community

The former Silverchair frontman had been drinking and was in a “zombie state” when he got behind the wheel of his car, drove on the wrong side of the road ...

Under the order, he must be supervised by community corrections and receive treatment as directed. “He does not want to be that person.” The SUV driven by Johns also rolled several times before coming to rest in the median strip. Get it here. He lost control, colliding with Johns before the van rolled, sliding about 100 metres into the median strip. In a report to the court, a psychologist described Johns as a “deeply troubled person” who had experienced the “highly dysfunctional behaviour of other people” as a result of his “meteoric career” in the music industry.

At the sentencing hearing on Wednesday, the magistrate said that while the charge was serious, the musician's circumstances were exceptional.

He was also promoting a new podcast, Who Is Daniel Johns; a deep dive into his career. Both vehicles ended up on a nature strip. Lawyer Bryan Wrench said his client was at pains to show the court how seriously he had taken the charge since entering rehab and his discharge in June, remaining abstinent from alcohol.

Rock star Daniel Johns has escaped a full-time jail term after a magistrate found his lifelong mental health battles had contributed to him being so drunk ...

He said Johns had needed to escape his “anxiety” when he drove drunk. But the magistrate detailed a report about Johns’ life, including that he was a “deeply troubled person” with a background of childhood trauma. Mr Cheetham agreed with prosecutors that Johns’ actions had “crossed the threshold” to warrant a term of imprisonment. Mr Wrench said Johns had suffered from a range of health issues during his life, including anorexia in his mid-20s which left him “almost on his death bed”, related severe arthritis and was suffering stress, anxiety and vomiting in the lead-up to the crash. Johns‘ solicitor Bryan Wrench said his client had been “self-medicating” with alcohol as he struggled with his mental health as the launch of a new album approached. It included the darker side of being famous, including “vitriol” from the general public and had made the 43-year-old a recluse who rarely left the safety of his own home.