A MAN from Wokingham has been fined £500 for driving over the alcohol limit.
Paul Dorrity, 50, of Osborne Road, appeared at Reading Magistrates’ Court on August 9 where he pleaded guilty to driving in Bracknell on July 13 this year while over the alcohol limit.
Mr Dorrity was fined £500, ordered to pay a surcharge of £50, costs of £85, and was disqualified from driving for 12 months.
A MAN from Woodley has been convicted of sending offensive or indecent messages.
Peter Aaron William Lewendon, 34, of Foxglove, appeared at Reading Magistrates’ Court on August 9 where he was found guilty of sending a text message that was grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character on February 27 this year. For this charge he was ordered to carry out 120 hours of unpaid community work within the next 12 months, pay a victim surcharge of £60 and costs of £350.
Mr Lewendon was also found guilty of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour, with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress, towards two women in Woodley on the same day. He received no separate penalty for this charge.
Mr Lewendon also pleaded guilty to driving without an appropriate licence on February 27. For this charge he was fined £100, and had his licence endorsed with three points.
A TEENAGER from Three Mile Cross has pleaded guilty to assault.
Ashley Reed-Jones, 19, of Caribou Walk, appeared at Reading Magistrates’ Court on August 10 where he admitted beating a man in Reading on January 17 this year. He also pleaded guilty to failing to surrender to court on May 23.
Mr Reed-Jones was made the subject of a community order, ordered to pay £200 compensation, a surcharge of £60 and costs of £100.
A WOMAN from Wokingham is due to appear in court charged with assault and public order offences.
Lucy Lightfoot, 27, of Humber Close, appeared at Reading Magistrates’ Court on August 11 where she denied assaulting a man in Reading on April 4, and using threatening, abusive, insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause fear of, or provoke unlawful violence on the same day.
Ms Lightfoot was remanded on bail until October 31 to appear at the same court.
A MAN from Woodley has been jailed after pleading guilty to fraud.
Adrian Ross Hyatt, 37, of Lunds Farm Road, appeared at Reading Magistrates’ Court on August 11 where he admitted to making a false representation to fraudulently use a fuel card to make a financial gain, while serving a suspended sentence for a previous offence.
Mr Hyatt was committed to prison for 16 weeks and ordered to pay compensation of £1697.44.
A MAN from Wokingham has pleaded guilty to assault.
Roger David James Taylor, 22, of Tamarisk Rise, appeared at Reading Magistrates’ Court on August 11 where he admitted assaulting a woman in Wokingham on July 19.
Mr Taylor was ordered to carry out 140 hours of unpaid community work within the next 12 months, to pay a victim surcharge of £85, costs of £85.
A MAN from Wokingham has been fined £440 for travelling on a train without a ticket.
Mohammed Modathir Ali Elfaki, 29, of Patten Ash Drive, was proved to have travelled on a First Great Western train at Reading West on January 27 without paying the fare of £3.50.
He was fined £440, ordered to pay compensation of £3.50, a surcharge of £44, and costs of £160.
Mr Elfaki was not present for the hearing at Reading Magistrates’ Court on August 12.
A TEENAGER from Charvil has been fined £440 for travelling beyond a train fare.
Joshua James Reynolds Edwards, 18, of Vale View, was proved to have purchased a ticket to travel between Maidenhead and Taplow on January 21, but knowingly and wilfully proceeded to travel to Slough without paying the additional fare.
Mr Edwards was fined £440, ordered to pay compensation of £2.10, a surcharge of £44 and costs of £160. He was not present for the hearing at Reading Magistrates’ Court on August 12.
