LONDON (Reuters) - The singer George Michael will appear before court in January charged with being unfit to drive, police in London said on Sunday.

The 43-year-old musician, charged under his real name of Georgios Panayiotou, will appear before magistrates on January 11.

The singer, who first found fame as the frontman for Wham! in the 1980s, has had a spate of recent run-ins with the law.

He was arrested and cautioned earlier in October after he was found slumped over the wheel of his car in London and in possession of cannabis. In February, Michael was arrested on suspicion of possessing drugs, admitting it had been his "own stupid fault".

In April the pop star also made the news when he collided with parked cars near his Highgate, north London, home.

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