A WINCHESTER drink driver has been disqualified from the road for 12 months.

Elliot Anderson, 38, of Westman Road, Weeke, admitted the offence committed on July 17 in a 06-reg Mazda on Romsey Road in Winchester.

His alcohol reading was 53 micrograms in 100 millilitres of breath.

Magistrates in Basingstoke fined him £276 with a £32 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

The ban will be cut by 92 days if Anderson passes an approved course by February 29 2020.