RECENT cases dealt with by Taunton Magistrates’ Courts include: Lee James Edney, 21, of Wordsworth Drive, Taunton, made off without paying a taxi fare, £50 fine, £40 compensation, £20 victim surcharge, £20 costs. (G).

Steven John Edney, 45, of Hamilton Road, Taunton, made off without paying a taxi fare, £50 fine, £40 compensation, £20 victim surcharge, £20 costs. (G).

Patrick James Read, 27, of Old Farm Close, Minehead, failed to stop following an accident, £200 fine, £20 victim surcharge, £85 costs, eight points; failed to report an accident, £200 fine. (G).

Eduards Rudzitis, 46, of Upper High Street, Taunton, two counts of theft, 12 months conditional discharge, £7.69 compensation, £15 victim surcharge, £50 costs. (G).

Katie Pockett, 24, of Howard Road, Wellington, three counts of theft, community order, six weeks curfew, £90.92 compensation. (G).

Ian Archer, 33, of East Reach, Taunton, travelled on a train without paying, £500 fine, £3.30 compensation, £50 victgim surcharge, £130 costs.

Jake Ian Trussell, 25, of East Reach, Taunton, entered a railway station without passing through the barrier, £35 fine, £20 victim surcharge, £80 costs. (G).

Nigel Swain, 44, of Darby Way, Bishops Lydeard, two counts of assaulted a police constable in the execution of his duty, community order, 28 days curfew, £60 victim surcharge; used threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour, six months conditional discharge.

Rachel Rebecca Hill, 32, of Station Road, Taunton, possession in public of a hunting knife, eight weeks prison; two counts of theft, breached a conditional discharge, no separate penalty. (G).

Timothy John Newton, 38, of Silvermead, Minehead, possession of diamorphine, £110 fine, £29 victim surcharge, £85 costs; possession of cannabis, £73 fine; breached a conditional discharge for possession of diamorphine, £110 fine. (G).

Gavin Roger Harvey, 36, of Northside, Rockwell Green, theft, four other offences admitted and taken into consideration, community order, 120 hours unpaid work, £400 compensation, £60 victim surcharge, £85 costs; breached a suspended sentence, eight weeks prison suspended for 24 months. (G).

Ashley Willard, 21, of South Street, Taunton, theft, community order, 100 hours unpaid work, £439.84 compensation, £60 victim surcharge, £85 costs. (G).

Daniel James Cain, 18, of Courtland Cottages, Watchet, theft, community order, £130 compensation, £60 victim surcharge, £85 costs. (G).

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