England spin bowler Monty Panesar has been fined for drunkenly urinating in public after being asked to leave a nightclub, police revealed on Wednesday.

The 31-year-old was ejected from a club in Brighton on the English south coast in the early hours of Monday morning.

After he was seen urinating near the venue, police were called and he was issued with a fine for being drunk and disorderly.

"A 31-year-old man received a fixed penalty notice for being drunk and disorderly after being seen urinating in public near the Shooshh Club in King's Road Arches, Brighton, around 4:13 am (0313GMT) on Monday (August 5)," said a police spokesman.

The Sun newspaper claimed Panesar was told to leave the club for harassing women and that he urinated from the promenade above the venue onto bouncers standing below.

Agence France-Presse

(China Daily 08/09/2013 page23)