A TEENAGE motorist who drank too much alcohol before getting behind the wheel of his VW Polo car in Wellington has been banned from driving for 14 months.

Charlie Tuaima, aged 19, of Frog Street, Hillfarrance, pleaded guilty to drink-driving when he appeared in Taunton Deane Magistrates Court on Friday (May 1).

Prosecuting solicitor Fleur Bullivant told magistrates the offence happened on April 4 in Pyles Thorne Road.

Tuaima was found to have 48 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, above the legal limit of 35 microgrammes.

He was also ordered to pay £85 prosecution costs and a £48 victim fund surcharge.

Magistrates told Tuaima his disqualification would be reduced by 14 weeks if he completed a drink-driver rehabilitation course by January 24 next year.