A MAN caught more than three times the drink-drive limit had beer cans in his car, a court heard.

Christopher Anthony Harrington was spotted driving a black Vauxhall Zafira "slowly" on the wrong side of Pavilion Road in Hedge End.

When asked about his drinking, the 33-year-old told police he had drunk "a skinful" on November 20 last year. Harrington, of Bailey Close in Botley, pleaded guilty to a single count of drink driving.

Appearing at Southampton Magistrates' Court on Tuesday he was banned from the roads for 28 months and given an 18-month community order to include 20 days of rehabilitation.

He was fined £120 and must pay £85 court costs and a £95 victim surcharge.