Our round-up from the local courts, originally published in The Wokingham Paper of November 13.
A MAN is due in court later this month charged with burgling a home in Shinfield.
Andrew Christopher Moors, 34, from Poplar Avenue in Windlesham, will appear at Reading Crown Court on Tuesday, November 24, charged with burglary and theft.
The charges relate to an alleged incident in Deardon Way on October 22.
Mr Moors has pleaded not guilty.
A MAN from Earley will appear in court next week charged with three counts of shoplifting.
Stephen Painter, 38, from Stanton Close, is charged with stealing a £50 handbang from Cath Kidston in Reading on September 29, a £115 coat from River Island in Reading on September 25 and two watches worth £420 from The Watch Shop in Reading on August 8.
Mr Painter has pleaded not guilty to all charges and was due to appear at Reading Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, November 19.
A WOMAN from Wokingham has been ordered to pay more than £1,000 for keeping an untaxed vehicle on a public highway.
The case against Heidi Melinda Bradley, of Waller Way, was proved in her absence at Reading Magistrates’ Court on October 23.
She was fined £660, ordered to pay £93.75 in vehicle excise duty and £240 in costs.
AN EARLEY woman has been ordered to pay nearly £300 for watching a television without a licence.
Chloe Lindsay, 24, of Courts Road, was fined £110 and ordered to pay costs totalling £170 at Reading Magistrates’ Court on October 23.
The charge relates to an incident in May this year.
A WOKINGHAM man will appear in court later this month charged with supplying Methylmethcathinone and possessing cannabis.
David James Connor, 29, of Bean Oak Road, faces charges of being in possession of 661.90 grams of the synthetic stimulant and a small amount of cannabis.
The charges relate to an incident on October 2. He will appear at Reading Crown Court on November 24.
A MAN from Woodley has been fined £440 for failing to buy a £4.25 rail ticket.
Jake Hasledine, 21, of Headley Road, was found on a First Great Western train in Reading in May this year without a valid ticket.
The case was proved in his absence at Reading Magistrates’ Court on October 23.
He was also ordered to pay £354 in costs and compensation of £4.25.
AN EARLEY man has been ordered to pay £250 compensation to a taxi driver after damaging a door on his vehicle.
Matthew Kahuni, 18, from Notton Way, pleaded guilty to criminal damage following the incident in Reading in July this year.
He was also given a conditional discharge for nine months, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £15 and costs totalling £235 at Reading Magistrates’ Court on October 26.
A WOKINGHAM man has been banned from driving for three years after pleading guilty to driving while over the legal limit.
Luke Richard Humphries, 21, of Clifton Road, was stopped in Dorset Way, Wokingham, on October 2 and found to have 44 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.
At Reading Magistrates’ Court, Humphries was also fined £255, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £25 and costs of £85 to the Crown Prosecution Service.
A SHINFIELD man has pleaded not guilty to driving while disqualified.
Levi Stanley, 39, from Deardon Way, denied the charge relating to the alleged incident along A327 London Street in Reading last month at Reading Magistrates’ Court on Monday, November 2.
He was bailed to reappear on January 15, 2016.
A MAN from Wokingham has been fined £220 for failing to hand over a ticket for inspection at Reading station.
Eddie Beaumont, 57, from Hughes Road, was convicted in his absence at Reading Magistrates’ Court on Monday, November 2.
The charge relates to an incident on October 24.
He was also ordered to pay £2.40 compensation, a victim surcharge of £22 and £30 costs to the Crown Prosecution Service.
