Recent court cases in Taunton area

7:44pm Monday 19th May 2008

RECENT cases dealt with by Taunton Deane Magistrates' Courts include: Bradley Terence Knowles, 31, of Outer Circle, Taunton, driving without insurance, £170 fine, £15 compensation, £60 costs, six points.

Kevin John Graham, 46, of Blenheim Road, Minehead, assault by beating, 12 months community order with 120 hours unpaid work, £50 compensation. (G).

Maurice Danes, 32, of St Patricks Road, Taunton, driving without insurance, 12 months community order, 12 months driving ban; theft from the Co-op, 12 months community order, £11.96 compensation; original offence of theft for which a conditional discharge was made, no action taken; driving without correct licence, 12 months community order; theft from the Co-op, 12 months community order, £55.98 compensation. (G).

Toby Payton, 35, c/o Whitecroft, Williton, dumped controlled waste (tyres) on land that did not benefit from a waste management licence, £220 fine, £1,299 costs, £15 compensation; disposed of tyres by burning them, £220 fine. (G).

Richard William Whiskin, 20, of no fixed address, failed to surrender to bail, seven days detention in a Young Offender Institution (consecutive); used threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour, 28 days in a YOI; failed to surrender to bail, 14 days in a YOI (consecutive); drunk and disorderly, no separate penalty. (G).

Robbie John Date, 21, of Gay Street, Wellington, destroyed a door window, 12 months conditional discharge, £150 compensation, £15 costs; destroyed a door window, 12 months conditional discharge. (G).

James Robert McPherson, 39, c/o Crossways, Taunton, drink driving, £120 fine, £15 compensation, £30 costs, 16 months driving ban. (G).

David Raymond Purse, 48, of Gaunton Close, Taunton, drink driving, £70 fine, £15 compensation, £100 costs, three years driving ban. (G).

Arthur Mason, 70, of no fixed address, drunk in a public place, £50 fine. (G).

Wayne James Smith, 19, of Beadon Road, Taunton, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, failed to comply with a community punishment order, original offences of assault by beating (two counts), two months community order with curfew order; damaged a window, no separate penalty, £140 compensation; two counts of assault by beating, failed to surrender to bail, damaged a door, no separate penalty. (G).

Gareth Gordon Hughes, 19, of Eastwick Road, Taunton, breach a community order, original offences of drunk and disorderly, shoplifting, public disorder, no separate penalty, theft, six months conditional discharge, £50 fine, £15 compensation, drunk and disorderly, £50 fine, £15 victim surcharge. (G).

Arthur Mason, 70, of no fixed address, used threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour, £50 fine, £15 compensation. (G).

Matthew John Cornish, 20, of Bacon Drive, Taunton, texted a woman in breach of a restraining order, £50 fine, £15 compensation, £20 costs. (G).

Andrew Lewis MacDonald, 29, of Wordsworth Drive, Taunton, failed to surrender to bail, detained in the Court House for one day. (G).

Sarah Stratton, 28, of Gill Crescent, Taunton, theft, two months prison suspended for 12 months, 12 months supervision with 100 hours unpaid work, £60 costs. (G).

Wesley Graham Keirle, 30, of Milton Road, Taunton, two counts of drunk and disorderly, failed to surrender to bail, one year conditional discharge. (G). Theft after entering the sports dome at Richard Huish College, Taunton, one year conditional discharge, £74 compensation.

Waldemar Adam Piechowka, 45, of Wedlands, Taunton, drove a bus while using a mobile phone, £100 fine, £35 costs, £15 compensation, 28 days driving ban. (G).

Jack Edward Reed, 26, c/o Wood Street, Taunton, driving without insurance, £140 fine, £35 costs, six points; failed to produce driving licence for examination by a police constable, no separate penalty. (G).

Jonathan Michael Horton, 36, of Lowlands Terrace, Bishop's Hull Hill, driving without MOT, £100 fine, £35 costs, £15 compensation. (G).

Lucy Elizabeth Redrup, 33, of The Smithys Ltd, The Old Brewery Estate, Taunton, driving without insurance, £200 fine, £35 costs, £15 compensation, six points. (G).

Joanne Yer, 44, of Custom House, Trinity Way, Minehead, used a mobile phone while driving, £125 fine, £15 compensation, £60 costs, three points.

David John Brannon, 29, of Wyndham Road, Taunton, driving without insurance, £200 fine, £35 costs, £15 compensation, six points. (G).

Philip Jeffrey Stewart, 47, of Bacon Drive, Taunton, jumped a red light, £45 fine, £15 compensation, three points. (G).

Tony Tilley, 24, of Gay Close, Wellington, driving without insurance, £200 fine, £35 costs, £15 compensation, six points; using a mobile phone while driving, £60 fine. (G).

Aaron Michael Setherton, 23, of Shutemead, Bishop's Hull, assault by beating, one year conditional discharge, £100 compensation, £350 costs. (G).

Daniel John Lawrence, 26, of Gloucester Court, Gloucester Street, Taunton, drink driving, 12 months community order, 24 months driving ban; driving without correct licence, no separate penalty, £60 costs; driving without insurance, 12 months community order. (G).

George Anthony William Ireland, 30, of Weavers Reach, Tonedale, Wellington, possession of morphine and monoacclymorphine, £60 costs, six months conditional discharge; failed to notify probation of his address after release from prison on licence, £50 fine, £15 compensation. (G).

Stephen Ian James, 31, of Hamgreen, Hambridge, drink driving, 70 days prison, 48 months driving ban. (G).

Deborah Lisa Ledster, 37, of Priorswood Place, Taunton, assaulted a police constable in the execution of her duty by spitting in her face, £70 fine, £45 compensation, £30 costs; drunk and disorderly, six months conditional discharge. (G).

Joseph Fitzsimmons, 20, of St Augustine Street, Taunton, damaged a car, 12 months community order with 60 hours unpaid work; damaged a vehicle, 12 months community order, £200 compensation. (G).

Rachel Rebecca Hill, 27, of Laverock Court, Station Road, Taunton, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, three months community order, £30 compensation; destroyed a window, three months community requirement, £103 compensation. (G).

Isaac James, 18, of Greenway Crescent, Taunton, dishonestly received stolen goods, £120 fine, £15 compensation, £60 costs; original offence of criminal damage, six months conditional discharge. (G).

Carl Lewis Harris, 20, of Spencer Avenue, Taunton, possession in public of a kitchen knife, one month in a YOI; breached a suspended sentence supervision, three months suspended sentence supervision. (G).

Christian Wake, 32, of Stanway Close, Taunton, failed to stop and failed to give his name and address after an accident, 18 months community order, 18 months driving ban; driving without insurance, driving without due care and attention, 18 months community order; driving without correct licence, no separate penalty; possession of cocaine, 18 months community order with 160 hours unpaid work, £60 costs. (G).

Andrew John Pursey, 20, of Spencer Avenue, Taunton, drink driving, £100 fine, £15 compensation, £30 costs, 27 months driving ban; original offence of handling stolen goods, no action taken. (G).

Ashley Howe, 19, of Hunters Rest, Roadwater, drink driving, £200 fine, £15 compensation, £60 costs, 18 months driving ban. (G).

Sean William Preston, 23, of no fixed address, theft from Morrisons, one day detention in the Court House; original offence of persistently begging, £10 fine; drunk and disorderly, £10 fine, £15 compensation. (G).

Paul Ian Scott Smith, 35, of Oakenground, Wellington, damaged a window and window display, one year conditional discharge, £456.24 compensation, £60 costs. (G).

Matthew David Stacey, 24, of Hatchers Court, Kingston Road, Taunton, drunk and disorderly, £120 fine, £15 compensation, £60 costs. (G).

(G) denotes guilty plea or admits offence. Addresses are those given in court.