A MOTORIST has been told he needs to be 'extremely careful' from now on after he hit a parked car and drove off.

Douglas Johnson landed himself in court after he collided with a parked and failed to stop to hand over his details.

South Cumbria Magistrates' Court heard the 73-year-old was driving his Nissan X-Trail in Holme's Duke Street on October 25 when the collision happened.

Johnson, of Tyson Square in Ulverston, admitted driving without due care and attention and failing to stop after an accident when he appear in the dock.

Prosecutor Lee Dacre said: "The complainant in the case parked her vehicle outside her house.

"It was in good order when she parked outside.

"A witness saw 4x4 collided with the parked vehicle."

Mr Dacre said the witness saw the driver drive off and gave police a description of his car.

"An officer then located the vehicle around two miles away," he said.

"There was damage to the defendant's vehicle consistent with the collision with the parked vehicle."

The court heard part of Johnson's car's tyre had been ripped off and a wheel rim was missing.

An image of the other car showed damage to the side of the vehicle around the wheel arch.

In mitigation, Helen Brough said: "In relation to this thankfully no injury was caused but there was damage to the victim's vehicle.

"Mr Johnson tells me there hasn't been a claim on his insurance by the victim for the damage.

"He would like to apologise to the court and to the victim for the inconvenience and upset this has caused."

Describing the effect of a driving ban on Johnson, Ms Brough said the defendant had a number of health problems.

"He does need his car to get about as he does struggle to walk as he has back pain," she said.

District judge John Temperley fined Johnson £120 for failing to stop and £80 for driving without due care and attention and handed down eight penalty points.

"You need to be extremely careful from now on," the judge said.