A DRINK driver more than twice the legal limit has been banned from the roads.

Lewis Taylor was caught drink driving in an MG 3 on Winchester High Street on March 11, a court heard.

The 20-year-old was found to have 75 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, exceeding the legal limit of 35 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.

Appearing at Southampton Magistrates' Court, he admitted one charge of driving with excess alcohol.

Taylor, of Station Road, Netley, near Southampton, was disqualified from driving for 20 months and fined £323.

He was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £129 and court costs of £85.