RECENT cases dealt with by Taunton Magistrates’ Courts include.

John William Anthony, 48, of Bircham Road, Taunton, drink driving, £450 fine, £45 victim surcharge, £85 costs, 16 months driving ban; driving without insurance, £50 fine; driving without MOT, £50 fine; driving a vehicle without a tax disc, £50 fine. (G).

Ben Ardren, 27, of Lyngford Road, Taunton, possession of cocaine, £375 fine, £38 victim surcharge, £85 costs. (G).

Jennifer Lucy Smith, 45, of Lyngford Square, Taunton, two counts of assault by beating, community order, three months curfew, £190 compensation, £60 victim surcharge, £100 costs. (G).

Luke Clements, 21, of Priorswood Place, Taunton, driving while disqualified, community order, 50 hours unpaid work, £60 victim surcharge, £85 costs, six points; driving without insurance, failed to surrender to bail, no separate penalty. (G).

Luke Peter Brown, 23, of Standfast Place, Taunton, driving a vehicle with illegal tyres, £350 fine, £35 victim surcharge, £35 costs. (G).

Jamie Walkinshaw, 30, of Lambrook Road, Taunton, driving while unfit through drugs, £405 fine, £41 victim surcharge, £200 costs, 18 months driving ban; driving without insurance, £300 fine. (G).

Robert Alford, 60, of Windmill, Stoke St Gregory, driving without due care and attention, £80 fine, £20 victim surcharge, £35 costs, four points. (G).

Richard John Billings, 43, of Park Street, Taunton, two counts of theft, 12 months conditional discharge, £25.96 compensation, £15 victim surcharge, £85 costs. (G).

Dennis Breakwell, 65, of South Road, Taunton, speeding, £60 fine, £20 victim surcharge, three points. (G).

Jee Daniels, 43, of Herbert Street, Taunton, breached a local traffic order, £200 fine, £20 victim surcharge, £85 costs, three points.

Amy Lavery, 24, of Cheddon Road, Taunton, driving without due care and attention, £250 fine, £25 victim surcharge, £35 costs, five points. (G).

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