HERE are some of the latest Taunton and wider Somerset offenders who have appeared in Taunton and North Somerset Magistrates' Court.
Michael Rees, 38, of Irvine Close, Staplegrove, Taunton, pleaded guilty to driving on Bridgwater Road on November 30 of last year a motor vehicle that was in such a condition that its use involved danger or injury to any person, while also disqualified from holding a driving licence, and without insurance.
Rees has been ordered to pay £85 in costs, a surcharge of £240 and a fine of £600.
Rees has also been given six penalty points for the offence.
Aaron Cryer, 34, of Mount Street, Taunton, has pleaded guilty to stealing an item to the value of £11.75 from Tesco on Priorswood Road, Taunton, on May 9 of this year, meat to the value of £79.05 from Co-op in Taunton on May 17, and failing to surrender to custody at Taunton Magistrates’ Court on May 10 in Bridgwater.
Cryer has been sentenced to 12 weeks in prison, suspended for 18 months.
Claire Simcock, 50, of Wembdon, Bridgwater, pleaded guilty to drunk and disorderly behaviour on Mount Street, in Bridgwater on May 22 of this year.
Simcock has been ordered to pay a surcharge of £26 and has been given a conditional discharge of 12 months.
Holly Mudie, 27, of Laxton Road, Taunton, pleaded guilty to drink driving along The High Street in Wellington on May 24 of this year.
Mudie has been ordered to pay £85 in costs, a fine of £120 and a surcharge of £48.
Mudie has also been banned from driving for 12 months, with a three-month reduction period of three months if a driving course is completed.
Leigh Eyre, 34, of Highbridge, Somerset, was sentenced for failing to give information of the driver of a vehicle who was alleged to have been guilty of an offence to Avon and Somerset Police on May 15 of last year.
Eyre was ordered to pay £120 in costs, a surcharge of £264, and a fine of £660.
Eyre also has been disqualified from driving for six months and given six penalty points.
Ian Hall, 48, of Hayfield Road, Minehead, pleaded guilty to displaying drunk and disorderly behaviour in Brewers Fayre Restaurant on Luttrell Way in Somerset on May 22 of this year.
Hall has been ordered to pay £85 in costs and a fine of £40.
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