A MAN has been fined and banned from the roads after he was caught drink driving in Chipping Sodbury.

Graham Hands, aged 68, was caught over the alcohol limit while driving an Audi in St Johns Way, Chipping Sodbury on Sunday, September 1.

He had 125 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath - the limit is 35. 

Hands, of Horton Road, Horton, pleaded guilty at Bristol Magistrates Court on Thursday, September 26 where he was ordered to pay £85 in costs and a £114 surcharge - a total of £199.

He was banned from driving for 30 months.