Gascoigne – who had apparently come by taxi from Newcastle – said he had brought the wanted man a “can of lager, some chicken, a mobile phone and something to keep warm”.
He told Tyneside’s Metro Radio: “He is willing to give in now. I just want to give him some therapy and say. ‘Come on Moaty, it’s Gazza’.”
Gascoigne, who appeared to be drunk, claimed to know Moat from his days as a nightclub bouncer.
He added: “He is all right – simple as that and I am willing to help him. I have come all the way from Newcastle to Rothbury to find him.
“I’m risking my own life to make sure he is all right.”
But Gazza’s agent Kenny Shepherd reacted with disbelief on being told the troubled star had turned up in Rothbury, saying: “He’s doing what? I am sitting having an evening meal in Majorca. I’m speechless.”
Gascoigne also told Real Radio North East: “I heard he was by the river, and I brought my fishing rod too so we can fish together and have a chat. I want to talk to him because I think I’m the only man to help him.”
“All he wants to do is surrender. I knew he’s a good lad. The police wouldn’t let me through because they were frightened he might shoot me, but I know he won’t.”
“I have just been in a car crash, hit a wall at 90mph. I survived that, so I can survive a bullet – knowing my luck he will probably miss.”
“All I want to shout is ‘Moaty, it’s Gazza’ and I guarantee me and him could sit and chat. I would say, ‘Why don’t you just put the gun away, throw it in the river? The police are not going to kill you’.”
He added: “He was like a gentleman – someone must have wound him up. Obviously he’s killed someone and shot two, which is not nice really.
“He’s a lovely bloke, I think he is frightened. All he wants to do is surrender. I know he’s a good lad.”
Sources: The Sun / Only Bees / The Rockmother
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