POLICE received a report of a car being driven erratically around Barnoldswick in the early hours of the morning.

Blackburn magistrates heard a witness saw the driver get out of his vehicle, urinate over a parked car and then get in and drive off.

David Ryan Baker, 28, of Langroyd Road, Colne, pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol.

He was fined £400 with £85 costs and £40 victim surcharge and banned from driving for three years.

Parveen Akhtar, prosecuting, said the erratic driving was reported to the police at 5.40 am. At 6.10 am they found the car in the middle of the road with Baker slumped over the steering wheel asleep.