RECENT cases dealt with at Taunton Magistrates’ Court include.

James Alger, 45, of Roman Road, Taunton, two counts of theft, six months conditional discharge, £2.45 compensation, £15 victim surcharge, £25 costs. (G).

Augustine Thachoor, 39, of Burton Place, Taunton, drink driving, £100 fine, £20 victim surcharge, 17-month driving ban. (G).

Shaun Anthony Allan Harper, 30, of Cheddon Road, Taunton, drink driving, £98.10 compensation, 16 months driving ban, failed to stop after an accident, no separate penalty. (G).

Sarah Joyce Hewitt, 35, of Moorland Road, Taunton, drunk and disorderly, four months conditional discharge, £15 victim surcharge, £40 costs; breached a conditional discharge, no action taken. (G).

Jade Amelia Leatherland, 21, of Greenway Road, Rockwell Green, used threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour, 12 months conditional discharge, £15 victim surcharge, £85 costs. (G).

Jaxxon Phoenix, 39, of Penny Close, Wellington, two counts of theft, 12-month conditional discharge, £21.99 compensation, £15 victim surcharge, £85 costs. (G).

Jodie Richards, 20, of East Reach, Taunton, theft, six-month conditional discharge, £15 victim surcharge. (G).

Jamie Waygood, 19, of Milton Road, Taunton, used threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour, six months conditional discharge, £15 victim surcharge, £40 costs. (G).

Gheorche Lucian Nistor, 42, of Chelston House Farm, Chelston, driving without insurance, £600 fine, £60 victim surcharge, £85 costs.

Robert Michael Simpson, 50, of Myrtle Cottage, Ashbrittle, drove a vehicle whose condition involved a danger of injury, £95 fine, £20 victim surcharge, £35 costs, three points. (G).

Mathew Luke Tucker, 18, of High Park View, Milverton, speeding, £135 fine, £20 victim surcharge, £35 costs, five points. (G).

Samuel Wade Perrin, 20, of The Embankment, Langport, driving a vehicle without the registration number fixed to the front, £130 fine, £20 victim surcharge, £35 costs. (G).

Jamie Kenneth William Coles, 34, of Hamilton Road, Taunton, theft, £10 compensation, £50 costs; breached a conditional discharge, no action taken. (G) Matthew Christopher Charles Chilcott, 34, of Kingswood, Stogumber, assault by beating, 12-month conditional discharge, £15 victim surcharge, £50 costs. (G).

James Mark Long, 31, of Valley Road, Taunton, assault by beating, community order, £60 victim surcharge, £50 costs. (G).

Michael Roy Schueler, 54, of Churchfields, Wellington, two counts of dishonestly failed to promptly notify a change of circumstances, community order, three months curfew, £60 victim surcharge, £100 costs. (G).

Kerrie Anne Winter, 22, of Penny Close, Wellington, assault by beating, 18 months conditional discharge, £15 victim surcharge, £40 costs. (G).

(G) denotes guilty plea or admits offence. Names and addresses are supplied by court.