RECENT cases dealt with by Taunton Magistrates' Courts include.

Jessica Louise Berry (aka James), 25, of Mary Street, Taunton, resisted a police constable in the execution of his duty, £50 fine, £85 costs, detained in the courthouse; breached a conditional discharge imposed for drunk and disorderly, no action taken. (G).

Lisa Clare Tagg, 38, of Buckland Road, Taunton, kept an unlicensed vehicle on the road, £150 fine, £3.34 back duty, £85 costs. (G).

Gavin Wake, 36, of Upper High Street, Taunton, assault by beating, £108 fine, £50 compensation; £30 victim surcharge, £135 costs. (G).

Joshua James Roberts, 22, of no fixed address, breached a community order imposed for possession of cannabis and for drink driving, community order, £35 costs. (G).

Natasha Marie Ford, 34, of no fixed address, assault by beating, 14 weeks prison suspended for a year, £150 compensation; two counts of drunk and disorderly, failed to surrender to bail, no separate penalty; damaged a pub door, four weeks prison (concurrent) suspended for a year, £100 compensation, £115 victim surcharge; assaulted a police constable in the execution of his duty, four weeks prison suspended for a year, £50 compensation; breached a community order imposed for two counts of assault by beating and criminal damage, four weeks prison (concurrent) suspended for a year on each count. (G).

(G) denotes guilty plea or admits offence. Details supplied by the courts.