A Cirencester drink-driver who was more than three times the limit and crashed into traffic lights has been banned for 14 months.

Danny Forrest, 20, of Beecham Close, pleaded guilty to the offence at Swindon Magistrates Court on December 11.

He was stopped in his car on Thamesdown Drive, Swindon, on June 22 this year.

Forrest was found to have 113 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, the legal limit being 35 micrograms.

He also pleaded guilty to failing to stop after he crashed into traffic lights on Thamesdown Drive, Swindon.

Forrest was banned from driving for 14 months and ordered to pay a fine and costs totalling £595.