RECENT cases dealt with by Taunton Magistrates' Courts include:

James Pine, 37, of Meare Green, Stoke St Gregory, caused a discharge of water contaminated with farm effluent into a tributary of the West Sedgemoor main drain, £332 fine, £33 victim surcharge, £3,000 costs; two counts of breached the Water Resources (Control of Pollution) Regulations, £664 fine. (G).

Taddan Benjamin Cornall, 26, of Barrington Way, Wellington, drink driving, four weeks prison (concurrent) suspended for 12 months, 12 weeks curfew, £115 victim surcharge, £85 costs, 48 months driving ban; driving while disqualified, 14 weeks prison (concurrent) suspended for 12 months, 12 weeks curfew; driving without insurance, no separate penalty. (G).

Craig Noel Leavy, 43, of Quantock Road, Taunton, speeding, £40 fine, £30 victim surcharge, £50 costs, three points. (G).

Robert James Catleugh, 33, c/o Mount Street, Taunton, three counts of theft, one year conditional discharge, £550 compensation. (G).

George James John Venner, 22, of Cheddon Road, Taunton, breached a community order imposed for assault by beating, community order. (G).

Richard Morley, 37, of Mountfields Road, Taunton, speeding, £208 fine, £30 victim surcharge, £85 costs, three points. (G).

Haley Anne Stratford, 36, of Trevor Smith Place, Taunton, caused unnecessary suffering to a cat, £291 fine, £30 victim surcharge, £300 costs. (G).

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