In the dock...

The following cases were heard before North Somerset magistrates up to August 24:

• Alexander Bickerton (46), of Alma Street, Weston. Threatening behaviour: Fined £50 plus £85 costs and £15 victim surcharge.

• Graham Hickford (35), of Alfred Street, Weston. Theft: Fined £65 plus £85 costs and £15 victim surcharge, one day’s detention. Failure to surrender: Fined £65.

• Terry Chambers (32), of Coleridge Road, Weston. Theft: Fined £65 plus £15 costs, one day’s detention. Failure to surrender: Fined £65.

• Christine Townsend (69), of Challow Drive, Weston. Assault: Fined £280 plus £100 compensation, £775 costs and £15 victim surcharge.

• Luigi Capello (35), of Jubilee Road, Weston. Breach of restraining order: One-year community order, with requirement to carry out 100 hours’ unpaid community work, ordered to pay £200 costs.

• Joanne Potter (48), of Milton Road, Weston. Driving while unfit through drugs: Four months in prison, suspended for two years, ordered to pay £45 costs and banned from driving for three years. Driving without insurance: No separate penalty. Driving without licence: No separate penalty.

• Gary Ponting (29), of Winchester Road, Burnham. Criminal damage: Fined £200 plus £85 costs and £15 victim surcharge. Failure to surrender: Fined £80.

• Martin Bird (21), of Hazeldene Road, Weston. Drink-driving: Fined £180, plus £85 costs and £15 victim surcharge, banned from driving for 18 months.

• Michael Cowlin (36), of Hopkins Street, Weston. Threatening behaviour: Fined £35 plus £85 costs and £15 victim surcharge, one day’s detention.

• Helen Martin (54), of The Grove, Winscombe. Drink-driving: Fined £400 plus £85 costs and £15 victim surcharge, banned from driving for one year.

• James Weir (50), of Burlington Street, Weston. Racially-aggravated criminal damage: Fined £100, ordered to pay £120 compensation plus £85 costs and £15 victim surcharge.

• Christopher Court (54), of Wynter Close, Weston. Drink-driving: Fined £250 plus £85 costs and £15 victim surcharge, banned from driving for 12 months.

• Benedict Giles (20), of Clifton Road, Weston. Burglary: One-year community order, with one-month curfew, ordered to carry out 150 hours’ unpaid community work and pay £85 costs. Criminal damage: Ordered to pay £122.12 compensation.

• Kenneth Tjomsland (36), of Alfred Street, Weston. Possession of class B drug: Fined £50 plus £85 costs and £15 victim surcharge. * Leo Bradley (22), of Ashcombe Road, Weston. Assault occasioning actual bodily harm: Six-month community order and curfew, ordered to pay £100 compensation plus £85 costs.

The following cases were heard before North Somerset magistrates up to August 16:

• Jemma Thomas (22), of West Side, Rodney Stoke. Theft: Six-month community order, ordered to pay £20 compensation plus £85 costs. Making off without payment: Ordered to pay £109.52 compensation.

• Carl McDonald (38), of Regent Street, Weston. Receiving stolen goods: Fined £65 and ordered to pay £49 compensation plus £85 costs. Two counts of failing to surrender: Fined £10.

• Mark Sanders (29), of Dartmouth Close, Weston. Drink-driving: Fined £320 plus £85 costs and £15 victim surcharge, banned from driving for three years. Using a mobile phone while driving: Fined £105. Failure to answer bail: No separate penalty.

• John Tseu (54), of Alfred Street, Weston. Possession of a class A drug: Six-month community order, ordered to pay £85 costs. Possession of class B drug: No separate penalty.

• Daniel Preece (21), of Sycamore Close, Weston. Assault: Three months in prison, suspended for 12 months.

• Gareth Staples (26), of Wadham Street, Weston. Assault occasioning actual bodily harm: One-year community order with four-month curfew, ordered to pay £400 compensation.

• Vicky Evans (23), of Milton Brow, Weston. Assault: 12 weeks in prison, suspended for two years, ordered to pay £120 compensation plus £60 costs.

• Robert Tollan (38), of Brompton Road, Weston. Threatening behaviour: One-year community order, with requirement to carry out 80 hours’ unpaid community work, ordered to pay £360 costs.

• Dominic Wilson (29), of Clifton Road, Weston. Possession of class B drug: Fined £65 plus £15 costs.

• Mark Winslow (19), of Clevedon Road, Weston. Theft: 21 days in a young offenders’ institution.

• Andrew Hill (37), of Regent Street, Weston. Criminal damage: Ordered to pay £277.50 compensation.

• Wayne Hobden (25), of Brompton Road, Weston. Possession of a class B drug: 18-month community order, ordered to pay £85 costs. Possession of class A drug: No separate penalty. Cultivate class B drugs: No separate penalty.

• James Jacks-Sharp (30), of Alfred Street, Weston. Two counts of possession of class B drug: Fined £130 plus £85 costs and £15 victim surcharge. Failure to surrender: Fined £100.

• John Spear (46), of Baytree View, Weston. Two counts of assault: 18-month community order, ordered to pay £225 compensation plus £650 costs.

• Charlie Woods (19), of Kingsley Road, Weston. Threatening behaviour: 18-month community order with exclusion requirement, ordered to carry out 150 hours’ unpaid community work, ordered to pay £85 costs. Possession of an offensive weapon: No separate penalty. Obstructing a police officer: No separate penalty.

• Stephen Bartlett (44), of Littlefields Avenue, Banwell. Two counts of criminal damage: 12-month conditional discharge, ordered to pay £450 compensation plus £85 costs.

• James Citro (53), of Abbots Close, Weston. Drink-driving: Fined £135 plus £85 costs and £15 victim surcharge, banned from driving for 12 months.

• Jason Greenway (21), of Ashcombe Road, Weston. Threatening behaviour: Fined £35 plus £85 costs and £15 victim surcharge.

• Shiblu Miah (30), of Uphill Road North, Weston. Threatening behaviour: 12-month conditional discharge, ordered to pay £85 costs.

• Jamie Parker (19), of Winscombe Road, Weston. Theft: 12-month community order, with requirement to carry out 150 hours’ unpaid community work, ordered to pay £100 compensation plus £85 costs.

• Matthew Ashenden (26), of Ashcombe Road, Weston. Drink-driving: Fined £215 plus £85 costs and £15 victim surcharge, banned from driving for 20 months.

The following cases were heard before North Somerset magistrates up to August 2:

• Russell Bishop (32), of Artemesia Avenue, Weston. Driving while unfit through drink: Fined £335 plus £85 costs and £15 victim surcharge, banned from driving for 12 months.

• Wayne Sellick (19), of Puffin Close, Weston. Threatening behaviour: Six weeks in prison, suspended for 12 months, eight-week curfew order.

• Stuart Warford (21), of Score Lane, Blagdon. Drink-driving: Fined £260 plus £85 costs and £15 victim surcharge, banned from driving for 12 months.

• Jack Whitford (29), of Baker Street, Weston. Possession of class C drug: Fined £65 plus £85 costs and £15 victim surcharge.

• Luke Barnes (21), of Baildon Road, Weston. Assault: Sent to prison for four weeks. Assault: Sent to prison for three weeks (concurrent). Breach of suspended sentence: Sent to prison for 20 weeks (consecutive).

• Ben Davies (22), of Woodpecker Drive, Mead Vale. Obstructing a police officer: Fined £65 plus £85 costs and £15 victim surcharge.

• Matthew Gilmore (32), of Wentworth Close, Weston. Drink-driving: Fined £100 plus £85 costs and £15 victim surcharge, banned from driving for 40 months.

• Paul Gilroy (42), of Milton Brow, Weston. Threatening behaviour: Fined £65 plus £85 costs and £15 victim surcharge.

• Samantha Gilroy (40), of Milton Brow, Weston. Three counts of assaulting a police officer: Three-month community order with curfew, ordered to pay £150 compensation.

• Ben Hornshaw (20), of Woodborough Road, Winscombe. Drink-driving: One-year community order, ordered to carry out 100 hours’ unpaid community work, banned from driving for 16 months. Aggravated vehicle taking: Ordered to pay £2,000 compensation plus £85 costs. Driving without insurance: No separate penalty.

• Ben Sabwe (19), of Ottawa Road, Weston. Threatening behaviour: One day’s detention, fined £115.

• Stephen Nuttycombe (54), of Monkton Avenue, Weston. Assault: Fined £150, ordered to pay £250 compensation plus £15 victim surcharge.

• David Gilpin (22), of Bowden Road, Weston. Theft: 12 weeks in prison, suspended for 12 months, ordered to complete 80 hours’ unpaid community work and pay £20 compensation. Failure to surrender: Two weeks in prison (consecutive) suspended for 12 months.

• Michael Marlow (23), of Shrubbery Terrace, Weston. Possession of class B drug: Two weeks in prison, suspended for 24 months, four-month curfew. Assault: 12 weeks in prison, suspended for 24 months. Possession of class A drug: Two weeks in prison, suspended for 24 months.

• Floyd Gibbs (19), of Windermere Avenue, Weston. Two counts of theft: Two-month community order with curfew, ordered to pay £109.98 compensation plus £85 costs. Criminal damage: No separate penalty.

• Nathan Smith (19), of Clevedon Road, Weston. Possession of class A drug: Fined £150 plus £85 costs and £15 victim surcharge, one day’s detention. Two counts of possession of class B drug: Fined £300.

• Robert Naylor (19), of Courtenay Walk, Worle. Drink-driving: Six-month community order with eight-week curfew, ordered to pay £120 costs and banned from driving for two years.

• Yvonne Pollard (50), of Hambledon Road, Weston. Two counts of driving while disqualified: Four months in prison, suspended for 12 months, ordered to pay £85 costs. Two counts of driving without insurance: Banned from driving for 12 months.

• Graeme Fenton (48), of Alfred Street, Weston. Theft: One-month community order with 11-day curfew, ordered to pay £85 costs and £96 compensation.

• Philip Osborne (38), of High Street, Yatton. Drink-driving: Fined £420 plus £85 costs and £15 victim surcharge, banned from driving for 12 months.

• Simon Quinney (38), of Kensington Road, Weston. Obstructing a police officer: Fined £65, ordered to pay £40 compensation plus £85 costs and £15 victim surcharge. 

• Warren Rees (40), of Salisbury Terrace, Weston. Possession of class A drug: One-month community order with curfew, ordered to pay £85 costs.

• Aaron Warden (18), of Millennium Mews, Congresbury. Supply a class B drug: Fined £135 plus £85 costs and £15 victim surcharge.

• Elliott Williams (21), of Stradling Avenue, Weston. Threatening behaviour: One-year community order, with requirement to carry out 40 hours of unpaid community work, ordered to pay £50 compensation plus £85 costs.

• Michael Tyler (27), of Chaucer Road, Weston. Assault: Sent to prison for four months. Two counts of theft: No separate penalty. Two counts of threatening behaviour: Sent to prison for four months (concurrent).

• Shayne Wallis (42), of Grove Park Road, Weston. Failure to provide a specimen: Fined £100 plus £85 costs and £15 victim surcharge, banned from driving for one year.