A SERIAL traffic offender has been banned after being caught speeding near Winchester.

Michael William Norrie, 51, of Itchen Stoke, near Alresford, was in a 14-reg Seat Leon on January 24 last year when he was clocked driving at the A34-A33 junction at 59mph in a 50 zone near Kings Worthy.

He was not present in court and the case was proved under the single justice procedure.

Magistrates in Basingstoke fined him £50 with a £32 victim surcharge and £28 costs.

They said a six-month disqualification was obligatory because of his "repeat offending."