A BOURTON on the Water man caught driving while more than twice over the legal limit has been banned for 19 months and fined £300.

Thomas Williams, 31 of Georges Gardens, Rissington Road, pleaded guilty at Cheltenham Magistrates Court to giving a breath reading of 79 microgrammes while driving in Lower Swell in a Ford Focus on 19th Feb. The legal limit is 35mcgs.

As well as the driving ban and the magistrates ordered him to pay £115 in surcharges and costs.

He was told that if he completes an approved driving course by March 17 next year he can reduce the length of his ban by 144 days.