A WINCHESTER drink driver has been banned from the road for two years.

Gary James Johnston, 61, of Lawn Road, Littleton, admitted the offence committed in a 10-reg vehicle on Easton Lane, Winnall, on October 20.

His alcohol reading was 93 micrograms in 100 millilitres of breath when the legal limit is 35, making him nearly three times the limit.

As well as the 24-month ban, Johnston was fined £200 with a £30 victim surcharge and £85 costs by magistrates in Basingstoke.

The ban will be cut by 183 days if passes an approved Department of Transport course by March 6 2020.