A DRIVER has been banned from the roads for three years after he drank more than double the legal level of alcohol.

Alexander Dugdale, aged 27, of Bolton Street, Ramsbottom, pleaded guilty to committing the offence when he was caught behind the wheel of a BMW on Rufford Drive, Bury, on September 4.

Manchester magistrates also fined him £880 plus £173 in costs and charges.