A DRIVER has pleaded guilty to careless driving and failing to stop after an accident.

Alexander Shanks, 36, of Tees Green, Colden Common, admitted failing to stop in his 64-reg Audi S4 after an incident in which property was damaged on Tees Farm Road on February 2, a court heard.

Shanks also admitted careless driving in the same incident when he appeared at Basingstoke Magistrates Court on Thursday August 18.

Magistrates remanded Shanks on unconditional bail to return to the court on September 22.