A DRINK driver nearly twice the legal alcohol limit has been disqualified for three years.

Graham Clark Bentley was stopped driving a 60-reg Vauxhall Zafira close to his home on Cloverbank, Kings Worthy, on April 23, heard magistrates in Basingstoke.

His alcohol reading was 69 micrograms per 100 millilitres of breath when the legal limit is 35. He admitted the charge.

Bentley was fined £484, with a £48 victim surcharge and £85 costs.