A BASILDON man has been disqualified from driving for four years after he admitted failing to provide a breath test.

David Brown, 33, of Windsor Road, appeared at Southend Magistrates' Court on Monday, 2 December where he pleaded guilty to failing to provide a specimen for police on Friday, 1 November.

He had been arrested after he was suspected of drink driving following a collision in Eastwood Road where he was driving a Ford Ranger.

Brown was sentenced to eight weeks of imprisonment, suspended for 12 months and disqualified from driving for four years and ordered to pay costs.

The sentence comes as Essex Police are supporting the NPCC's national drink drive campaign. For more information, visit Zero tolerance to drink driving as part of national campaign: 1-31 December | Essex Police