A VILLAGER has been banned for drink driving.

Alexander Creese-Smith, 36, of Lelant Drive, Four Marks, near Alresford, was stopped by police on the A31 Winchester Road, Alton, on June 18. He admitted the charge.

District judge Tim Pattinson, sitting at Basingstoke Magistrates Court, disqualified him from driving for 18 months and fined him £280 with a £34 victim surcharge and £85 costs.