The latest Taunton offenders sentenced in Magistrates' court

Marcelino Akapo, 32, of Bishops Hull, Taunton, pleaded guilty to speeding along Blackbrook Way, Taunton, at 36mph in a 30mph zone on August 3 of last year.

Akapo has been ordered to pay £130 in costs, a surcharge of £40 and a fine of £100.

Akapo’s driving licence has also been endorsed with three penalty points for this offence.

Hugo Andrew Newton, 23, of Huish Avenue, Taunton, pleaded guilty to speeding along the A372 High Street, Aller at 35mph in a 30mph speed zone on August 6 of last year.

Newton has been ordered to pay £130 in costs, a fine of £215 and has received three penalty points for this offence.

Damien Vilensky, 38, of Newton Road, Taunton, has pleaded guilty to possessing cannabis and ketamine and stealing £1,185 worth of crystals from Glastonbury.

Vilensky admitted to possessing 0.7 grams of ketamine on July 1 of last year and 4.27 grams of cannabis on June 13 of last year.

Vilensky also pleaded guilty to stealing a crystal worth approximately £100 from Elestial Crystals on April 22 of last year, a crystal to the value of £285 from the same store on June 13 of last year, and crystals worth £800 from Crystals, Glastonbury on May 14 of this year.

Vilensky has been ordered to complete a community order which includes 25 rehabilitation activity requirement days.

Vilensky must also pay £200 in compensation.

The court has also ordered the forfeiture and destruction of the 0.7 grams of ketamine.

Kimberley Parkhouse, 37, of East Reach, Taunton, has been sentenced for stealing items from various premises in and around Taunton.

Parkhouse pleaded guilty to stealing food and drink items to the value of £12 and £7.50 respectively from Greggs on North Street, Taunton, on August 4 and items to the value of £9.20 from the same store on August 3.

Parkhouse also admitted to stealing food and drink items to the value of £5.55 from the same store on July 28 and food items worth £9.20 on August 7.

Parkhouse further admitted to stealing confectionary of a value unknown belonging to CO-OP Stores on March 8.

Parkhouse also pleaded guilty to stealing confectionary to the value of £189 belonging to TESCO at High Street, Taunton on March 1 of this year and confectionary belonging to the value of £170 from the same store on April 5.

In addition, Parkhouse admitted to stealing confectionary to the value of £10 from So Sweet in Taunton on August 4.

Parkhouse was sentenced to a total of 40 weeks' imprisonment, with a previously suspended sentence activated.

She was also ordered to pay £412.45 in compensation.

James Hawkins, 59, of Lyndale Avenue, Bridgwater, Somerset, pleaded guilty to assaulting a man by beating him in Bridgwater on May 30 of this year.

Hawkins has been ordered to pay £85 in costs, a surcharge of £90 and a fine of £225.

Jordan Bailey, 29, of Wye Avenue, Bridgwater, pleaded guilty to drink-driving and driving dangerously along the A38 at Puriton Hill on May 23 of this year.

Bailey has been ordered to comply with a community order, requiring the completion of 20 rehabilitation activity requirement days and 150 hours of unpaid work.

Bailey has also been ordered to pay £85 in costs, a surcharge of £114 and is disqualified from driving for 12 months.

William Ngubane, 38, of Hamp Street, Bridgwater, pleaded guilty to drink-driving along The Clink, Bridgwater, on July 26 of this year without a licence or insurance.

Ngubane has been ordered to pay £85 in costs, a surcharge of £186 and a fine of £466.

Ngubane is also disqualified from driving for 16 months.

David Brown, 37, of Syndenham, Bridgwater, pleaded guilty to drink-driving a blue Land Rover Discovery car along Durleigh Road, Bridgwater, without insurance on January 25 of this year.

Brown has been ordered to pay £85 in costs, a surcharge of £322 and a fine of £830.

Brown is disqualified from driving for 17 months, which can be reduced by 17 weeks if a course is completed.

Stuart Turner, 83, of North Petherton, Bridgwater, pleaded guilty to making two Category A images of a child, one Category B image and 21 Category C images of a child between October 1 and 31 of last year.

Turner has been ordered to pay £85 in costs, a surcharge of £343 and a fine of £858.

Turner is also subject to notification requirements, which mean he must register with the police at Bridgwater Police Centre for five years.