A MAN has been fined by the courts and banned from driving for drink driving in Ringwood.

David James Windel, 36, of Woodgreen, Fordingbridge, pleaded guilty to drink driving on the A338 Salisbury Road on November 6, 2021.

He was sentenced at West Hampshire Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, November 25.

Windel admitted driving with 41 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath in his system, exceeding the legal limit.

Magistrates fined him £120 and ordered him to pay a £34 victim surcharge.

He was also ordered to pay £85 in costs and was banned from driving for 12 months.