Aaron Morris has rejected a new contract at AFC Wimbledon to sign for League One outfit Gillingham.

The utility man made 17 appearances for the Dons after being handed a short-term deal by Neal Ardley in January following a long spell out injured.

Morris was one on only a handful of players offered fresh terms at Kingsmeadow as Ardley showed the door to nine players in a mass summer cull.

However, the former Aldershot man has accepted a deal to join Peter Taylor's Gills from July 1.

The news is another blow to Ardley, who lost defender Darren Jones to Newport earlier this month.