An e-scooter rider has been banned from driving after he was caught operating the vehicle while over the limit.

Kevin Elliott, 53, rode a Mi e-scooter on the A38 in Plymouth while above the legal alcohol limit for driving on June 1.

He had 57 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath – above the limit of 35 micrograms.

Elliott also admitted possession of the Class B drug cannabis on the same day.

He has been disqualified from driving all vehicles for three years and was ordered to pay £95 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

Magistrates gave him a three-week electronically monitored​ curfew earlier this month, and Elliott is not allowed to leave his house or garden from 9pm to 7am until August 31.

As e-scooters grow in popularity, authorities in Plymouth have faced more illegal scooter drivers in recent months.

While some locations have them in place as a method to help with traffic – like the pilot scheme of scooters in ranks on the street in Oxford – they are not nationally accepted on public roads.

Police in London seized more than 500 e-scooters in a week in June, while Plymouth police have already issued a warning about restrictions on using them in the area.

E-scooter rider Tommy Holden was banned from the road for going through a no entry sign and damaging a car in July. He was also uninsured and unlicensed.

His actions resulted in the damage of the windscreen of a VW Touran in Stonehouse.

And Daniel Coles was banned from the road in June after he was stopped on an e-scooter while three times the drink-drive limit.

Rider Joshua Bishop is understood to have been the first person in Devon and Cornwall to appear in court to face charges relating to the use of an e-scooter.

He was disqualified for 13 months in May for driving while disqualified and without insurance.

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