IN THE COURTS

A ROUND-UP of some of the recent cases before Portsmouth magistrates.

■ Mark Henning, 55, of

Fratton Way, Southsea, admitted being drunk and disorderly in Guildhall Walk on March 16.

Magistrates imposed a 12-month conditional discharge with £21 surcharge and £85 costs.

■ Morgan Martin, 18, of Hispano Avenue, Whiteley, admitted failing to give a specimen of blood on March 14 in Portsmouth. Magistrates imposed 12-month community order with a tagged curfew between 8pm and 6am. He must complete 60 hours’ unpaid work and was banned for 29 months. He must pay a £90 surcharge and £85 costs.

■ Brandon Broad, 22, of Victoria Road South, Southsea, admitted drink-driving in Court Lane on November 3. A test showed he had 77 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35. He also admitted assault by beating. He must complete 10 days’ rehabilitation activities in a nine-month community order. He was fined £400 for the driving and banned for three years. He must pay a £90 surcharge and £85 costs. Broad was fined £200 for assaulting the woman.

■ Connor Efford, 24, of Almondsbury Road, Paulsgrove, admitted assault in Hillsley Road on September 6 and damaging the same victim’s windscreen. He was jailed for 14 days due to his previous convictions.

■ Kirsty Horsted, 27, of St George’s Walk, Waterlooville, admitted assaulting an emergency worker, a PCSO, by beating on February 27 in Waterlooville. Magistrates imposed a six-month conditional discharge. She must pay £50 compensation and £150 prosecution costs.

■ David Howes, 56, of Allcot Road, Copnor, admitted driving a Ford Transit while banned in Anglesea Road on March 7. He admitted driving without an MoT. He was fined £200 with a £32 surcharge and £85 costs to pay. Magistrates imposed six points on his licence.

■ Michael Harding, 34, of Chidham Close, Havant, admitted harassment of a woman between June 10 and 14. He made numerous unwanted calls to her — threatening her and giving abuse. Magistrates imposed an eight-week jail term suspended for a year. He must complete 25 days’ rehabilitation activities and 60 hours’ unpaid work. A restraining order bans him from contacting the victim for two years. He must pay a £128 surcharge and £85 costs. He admitted breaching a 20-week suspended sentence for assault by beating and common assault.

This has now been extended from 12 months to two years.