BEFORE THE BENCH

CASES heard at Burnley Magistrates Court:

AUREL Petre, 21, of Colywn Road, Northampton, pleaded guilty to shoplifting at Tesco in Haslingden. He was given a 12-month community order with 60 hours’ unpaid work and ordered to pay £85 costs.

BABLU Miah, 41, of Poplar Street, Haslingden, was found guilty of two counts of assault by beating. He was given an eight-week jail sentence, suspended for 12 months with supervision, a 10-day rehabilitation activity requirement, a 12-month restraining order and ordered to pay £270 costs. CASES heard at Blackburn Magistrates Court:

KYLE Stuart Turner, 21, of Lime Street, Clitheroe, pleaded guilty to criminal damage, and using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour to a police officer and paramedics in Haslingden, while subject to a conditional discharge. He was given a new 12-month conditional discharge.

HEATH Lee Spencer, 49, of Lilac Terrace, Stacksteads, pleaded guilty to drink driving. He was fined £460, ordered to pay £500 costs and disqualified from driving for 17 months, reduced by 18 weeks if he completes a course approved by the Secretary of State.

JOANNE Dickinson, 31, of Hardman Avenue, Rawtenstall, was found guilty in her absence of using a TV without a licence. She was fined £220 and ordered to pay £120 costs.

GARY Fraser, 39, of Freeholds Terrace, Shawforth, was found guilty in his absence of using a TV without a licence. He was fined £220 and ordered to pay £120 costs.

JENNIFER Hatherley, 25, of Fern Isle Close, Whitworth, pleaded guilty to using a television without a licence. She was fined £40 and must pay £40 costs.

JAMES Irlam, 35, of Thorburn Drive, Whitworth, was found guilty in his absence of using a TV without a licence. He was fined £220 and ordered to pay £120 costs.