RECENT cases dealt with at Taunton Magistrates' Courts include:

Jorja Davies, 28, of Moorland Road, Taunton, assault, £108 fine, £50 compensation; racially and religiously motivated use of threatening or abusive words or behaviour, £216 fine, £50 compensation. (G).

Patrick Brian Arkless, 32, of no fixed address, breached a Community Protection Order, £50 fine, £32 victim surcharge; breached a community order imposed for destroying three bottles of wine, £30 fine; imposed for three counts of theft, £30 fine on each count; imposed for failing to attend assessment, two counts of failing to surrender to bail, no separate penalty. (G).

James Alexander Parlane, 44, of no fixed address, failed to give a specimen of blood when suspected of having been in charge of a vehicle, £80 fine, £32 victim surcharge, £85 costs, ten points; breached a community order imposed for two counts of assault by beating, community order, £60 costs. (G).

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