A MAN has been disqualified from driving after he was caught driving at almost double the speed limit in the New Forest.

James Lester was clocked by a mobile camera speeding at 77mph in a 40mph zone along the B3054 in Beaulieu.

The 28-year-old, of May Crescent in Holbury, pleaded guilty to one charge of speeding at Aldershot Magistrates Court.

He was disqualified from driving for 56 days and ordered to pay a £185 fine, £85 in costs and a 330 victim surcharge.