A 41-YEAR-OLD has been banned from driving for 15 months after he got behind the wheel after boozing.

Wayne Robert Johnston, of Morecambe Bank, Grange, appeared before Kendal Magistrates' Court on Wednesday.

He admitted driving a Toyota Hi-Ace panel van on June 2 in Grange after consuming so much alcohol that the proportion of it in breath was 55 microgrammes in 100 millilitres of breath. The limit is 35.

He was fined £500, told to pay a victim surcharge of £50 and £85 court costs.