A MAN has been given a driving ban after committing a motoring offence in Purbeck.

Marcio Ruben Figueira Rodrigues, aged 34, was alleged to have driven a Mercedes car on the B3351 New Road in Rempstone, Corfe Castle, without due care and attention on May 31.

The case against him was proved in his absence at Weymouth Magistrates' Court on October 12.

At a sentencing hearing on November 23, which the defendant did not attend, the bench issued a six-month driving disqualification.

Rodrigues, whose address was given as Aylesbury Road, Bournemouth, was fined £293 and ordered to pay a £34 surcharge and £110 costs.