Latest Taunton offenders who appeared in Magistrates' Court

Ladislav Tore, 58, of Windsor Close, Taunton, pleaded guilty to drink-driving a gold Skoda along College Way, Taunton on December 23 last year.

Tore has been ordered to pay £400 in costs, a surcharge of £216 and a fine of £540.

Tore’s driving record has also been endorsed with 10 penalty points.

Phillip Ryall, 75, of Monmouth Road, Taunton, pleaded guilty to possessing extreme pornographic images which were grossly offensive, disgusting or otherwise of an obscene character and a reasonable person looking at the image would think it was real on February 19 last year.

The court listings state this was in the form of six images which portrayed a person performing an act of intercourse with a live or dead dog and horse.

Ryall has been ordered to pay £85 in costs, a surcharge of £98 and a fine of £246.

The court ordered the deprivation of the defendant’s property, specifically a black Android smartphone.

Samuel Strover, 25, of Fosse Park Road, Yeovil, has been sentenced for using threatening or abusive words/behaviour or disorderly conduct within the hearing or sight of a person likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress in Taunton on April 14 this year.

Strover has been ordered to pay £85 in costs and a fine of £660.

Anne Bentley, 68, of Brentsfield Lane, Chedzoy, was found guilty of driving a white Ford Kuga in the car park of The Rosary Nursing Home, Mayfield Drive, Bridgwater without due care and attention.

Bentley has been ordered to pay £650 in costs, a surcharge of £197 and a fine of £493.

Bentley’s driving record has also been endorsed with five penalty points.

Daniel Atkins, 42, of Draycott, Somerset, pleaded guilty to assaulting a woman in Wells on April 19 this year.

Atkins must complete a community order, entailing he undergoes 20 rehabilitation activity requirement days and 150 hours of unpaid work.

Atkins has also been ordered to pay £85 in costs and a surcharge of £114.