A MILVERTON man has admitted causing the death by dangerous driving of a motorcyclist.

Ian Robert Dudbridge, 62, of Sand Street, Milverton, indicated a guilty plea when he appeared at Taunton Magistrates' Court on Friday.

The Toyota Auris he was driving on the B3227 at Slape Moor Bridge, near Wiveliscombe, on March 30 this year collided with a motorbike ridden by Charles Pendarves, who was seriously injured in the crash.

Mr Pendarves, aged 67, of Charlton Adam, was airlifted to Southmead Hospital, in Bristol, where he later died on April 13.

Dudbridge pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving by driving without due care and attention.

He was released on unconditional bail by magistrates and is due to be sentenced by a judge at Taunton Crown Court on Friday, October 27.

He was handed an interim driving ban until after his sentencing.

At the time of the crash, an Avon and Somerset Police spokesman said: "A Toyota Auris was travelling towards Wiveliscombe when it stopped to turn right into Manor Grange, where an Audi A4 estate was waiting to pull out of the junction.

"A BMW motorcycle being ridden away from Wiveliscombe approached the junction and was in collision with the Toyota and the collided with the Audi.

"The male motorcyclist was seriously injured and was airlifted to Southmead Hospital in Bristol. Sadly he died at 9.10pm on April 13."