A FERNDOWN driver who hit a pedestrian after being rejected by a woman he was chatting up has been banned from all pubs and nightclubs in Dorset for three months.

John Peter Langley, 29, of Bramley Road, got behind the wheel drunk just 17 days after being banned for drink driving, Weymouth Magistrates Court heard.

He admitted driving after consuming so much alcohol the proportion in breath was 50 microgrammes in 100 millilitres. The legal limit is 35 microgrammes.

He also admitted driving whilst disqualified, failing to stop after an accident and driving without due care and attention.

Prosecuting, Elizabeth Vallera told the court Langley had been trying to chat up a charity worker in a pub on Victoria Road, Ferndown, in February. She thought he was interested in her charity, but his attitude changed once she realised his intentions and rejected him.

Ms Vallera said the charity worker tried to persuade him not to drive when he then got into his Vauxhall Corsa as she knew he had been drinking.

Ms Vallera added: "He drove off, but comes back and drives into one of the group who is there, Robert Brown."

The court heard Mr Brown was left with bruising but did not need treatment at the scene.

In a victim impact statement he said: "He (Langley) was behaving stupidly and dangerously. He should have stopped but we all make mistakes and I don't want anything serious to happen to him. I only want him to learn his lesson."

In mitigation, Simon Lacey said Langley was set to get a first class degree from Bournemouth University.

He added: "He wants to try and make something of his life and knows he has behaved very stupidly. He has learned a very hard lesson."

District Judge Steve Nicholls ordered Langley to complete 130 hours of unpaid work and pay costs of £500, a £60 victim surcharge and compensation of £100.

He passed a prohibition order banning the defendant from entering any pub or nightclub in Dorset for three months and banned him from driving for three and a half years.

He told Langley: "Fortunately for you the victim's injuries were at the low end of the scale."