A CIRENCESTER man has been fined after he was convicted of driving a motorbike without a licence.

David Hooker, 31, of Springfield Road, was found guilty of the offence when he appeared before Cheltenham Magistrates Court on March 18.

He was caught driving the Suzuki Bandit 600CC on Springfield Road on October 7 last year without a licence authorising Hooker to drive a motor vehicle of that class.

Hooker was handed three penalty points on his licence and ordered to pay a fine and costs totalling £250.