The latest Taunton offenders sentenced in Magistrates' court

Cheryl Finlayson, 39, of Massingham Park, Taunton, admitted to drink-driving a Citroen along Priorswood Road on September 6 of this year.

Finlayson has been disqualified from driving for 20 months, reduced by 20 weeks if a course is completed.

Finlayson has also been ordered to pay £85 in costs, a surcharge of £138 and a fine of £346.

Douglas Hodge, 33, of Galmington Road, Taunton, has admitted to possessing 0.5g of cocaine, a Class A drug, in Taunton on July 10 of this year.

Hodge has been conditionally discharged for a period of six months and has been ordered to pay a surcharge of £26.

The court has also ordered the forfeiture and destruction of the seized cocaine.

Samuel Kynaston, 30, of Longdown, admitted to drug-driving along West Buckland Road, Wellington, with ketamine in his blood on September 27 of last year.

Kynaston is disqualified from driving for 19 months and has been ordered to pay £40 in costs, a surcharge of £128 and a fine of £320.

Craig Bissett, 44, of Bridgwater, Somerset, pleaded guilty to drink-driving along Cranleigh Gardens, Bridgwater on September 18 of this year.

Bissett has been disqualified from driving for a period of 17 months, which may be reduced by 17 weeks if a course is completed.

Bissett has also been ordered to pay £60 in costs, a surcharge of £60 and a fine of £150.

Jay Nicholas, 37, of Highbridge, Somerset, admitted to sending a message that was grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character between December 23 of last year and March 18, 2026.

Nicholas has been ordered to serve a community order until October 18, 2027, and must complete 140 hours of unpaid work.

Nicholas has also been ordered to pay £40 in costs and a surcharge of £114.

Ingrid Da Silva Sobral, 49, of Old Town, pleaded guilty to drink-driving a Renault Clio along Homberg Way, in Bridgwater on Sunday, September 13.

Sobral has been disqualified from driving for 18 months, reduced by 18 weeks if a course is completed.

Sobral has also been ordered to pay £85 in costs, a surcharge of £138 and a fine of £345.

Erin Chorley, 24, of Bridgwater, Somerset, admitted to possessing 0.5g of ketamine, a Class B drug, on March 29 of this year and drug-driving with ketamine in her blood along Bell Lane, Cossington, on the same day.

Chorley will receive 10 penalty points for this offence and has been ordered to pay £85 in costs, a surcharge of £28 and a fine of £70.

The court also ordered the forfeiture and destruction of the seized ketamine.

Marc Wilde, of Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, has admitted to failing to comply with notification requirements of the sex offender register, namely failing to register his passport within three days of it being issued in Bridgwater on April 25 of this year.

Wilde has been ordered to pay £85 in costs, a surcharge of £160 and a fine of £400.