Euro 2016: Drunk Englishman breaks into French police officer's house - thinking it's his rented apartment

Mr Robertson spent three days in custody and later appeared in court after admitting drunken violence, criminal damage to the door and criminal trespass

England supporters have gone to France in great numbers (Getty)

An “astronomically” drunk Englishman has been handed a five-month suspended jail sentence after breaking into a French police officer’s home during Euro 2016, believing it to be his own rented accommodation.

Dane Robertson, a 25-year-old graduate from Peterborough, used a fire extinguisher to make his presence known before a brief struggle at the doorway with a person he believed to be an intruder of his Airbnb apartment in Nice.

It later transpired that the man in question happened to be a police officer who had been disturbed in the night while sleeping in his own bed. He used pepper spray to incapacitate Mr Robertson, who later revealed he does not follow football but had met up with friends who were supporting England.

Mr Robertson spent three days in custody and later appeared in court after admitting drunken violence, criminal damage to the door and criminal trespass.

“I have had time to think things over while I have been in prison,” he said. “While I have been there I have been very frightened and I can say, hand on my heart, I will never drink again.”

Judge David Hill told Mr Robertson: “You had an astronomical amount of alcohol. You drank three quarters of a bottle of vodka, wine and beer.”

Mr Robertson, who graduated with a degree in business studies at Sheffield Hallam University, was handed a five-month suspended jail sentence before being warned: “Do not go out and celebrate this decision”.