A Slovakian lorry driver has been jailed after he admitted driving the wrong way on a main road in Kent while four times over the legal drink-driving limit.

Ivan Kumensky, 49, was stopped by police as he approached the Stockbury roundabout on the A249, near the M2 junction, at around 2.30am on Monday.

The juggernaut was impounded by police and Kumensky, who speaks no English, was taken into custody to await the hearing at Sittingbourne Magistrates' Court.

Geoffrey Playford, defending, said: "He had spent the weekend in Calais with some colleagues and thought his delivery time was Tuesday but he suddenly realised it was 5am Monday so he caught an earlier ferry.

"His says his satellite navigation system led him onto the wrong carriageway. He was making towards the M2."

Kumensky appeared in court with a Slovakian translator. He was jailed for 28 days.

It was a member of the public who contacted the police after seeing his lorry being driven the wrong way towards the roundabout.

PC Warren Jarvis said: "If it wasn't for the member of the public contacting us immediately then we could have been dealing with a far worse situation."