A MAN from Melksham is to appear before Salisbury magistrates on August 7 charged with a drink-driving offence.

Jamie Amoroso, 28, of Lincoln Green, Melksham, was stop-checked by police on a routine patrol in Cranesbill Road, Melksham, at 1.08am on Sunday June 28.

Officers suspected that he had been drinking alcohol. He then failed a roadside breath test and was arrested on suspicion of driving with excess alcohol.