A MOTORIST is due to appear in court after being charged with a string of motoring offences.

Rayner Leslie Davies, of Chapel Field, Walney, is accused of crashing his Ford Focus into a BMW parked on the Tesco Extra car park at Cornerhouse Retail Park in Barrow on December 10 of last year.

Davies has been charged with failing to stop and failing to report a collision to police or provide his details to the owner of the other vehicle.

The 29-year-old is also accused of drink-driving, and is said to have provided a reading of 71 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 microgrammes.

Davies is due to appear at Furness Magistrates' Court on Thursday.