BEFORE THE BENCH

CASES at Burnley Magistrates Court:

JUSTIN Cockle, 40, of Edenhurst Apartments, Haslingden, pleaded guilty to using threatening or abusive words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour. He was fined £165.

ANDREA Louise Hoole, 40, of Knowl Meadow, Helmshore, pleaded guilty to breaching the peace. She was bound over in the sum of £100 for six months to keep the peace.

DANIEL Jay Crook, 24, of Newcombe Drive, Little Hulton, Salford, pleaded guilty to criminal damage in Bacup and using threatening or abusive words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour in Rawtenstall. He was fined £80 and ordered to pay £300 compensation.

SAM Byrne, 26, of Chapel Street, Haslingden, pleaded guilty to driving without a licence, using a car without insurance, failing to stop after an accident, failing to report an accident to police and driving without due care and attention. He was fined £323, with £85 costs and given eight points on his licence.

PHILLIP Pilkington, 27, of Grane Park, Haslingden, pleaded guilty to using a car without insurance and driving without a licence. He was fined £300, with £85 costs and given six points on his licence.

DANIEL David Brooke, 34, of East Bank, Water, pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly in a public place and while subject to a conditional discharge order. He was fined £40 with £85 costs.

ADAM Lee Hutchinson, 30, of Franklin Road, Blackburn, pleaded guilty to committing fraud in Haslingden and using a car without insurance. He was fined £280, with £85 costs and disqualified from driving for six months.

BEN Philip Kelly, 22, of Wells Street, Haslingden, pleaded guilty to failing to provide a specimen of breath for analysis as part of an investigation. He was given a 12-month community order worth a four-week curfew requirement, with £200 costs and disqualified from driving for 17 months, reduced by 17 weeks if he completes a course approved by the Secretary of State.

DANIELLE Marshall, 28, of Walnut Street, Bacup, pleaded guilty to two counts of benefit fraud. She was fined £250 with £85 costs.

NIAL Ward, 20, of Lincoln Place, Haslingden, pleaded guilty to drink driving. He was fined £200, ordered to pay £85 costs and disqualified from driving for 12 months, reduced by 13 weeks if he completes a course approved by the Secretary of State.

CASES at Blackburn Magistrates Court:

RICHARD John Sutton, 36, of Blackburn Road, Rising Bridge, pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention and failing to report an accident to police. He was fined £67, ordered to pay £85 costs and given five points on his licence.

GEMMA Porter, 30, of Gladstone Street, Bacup, was found guilty in her absence of being the parent of a child of compulsory school age who failed to attend school regularly. She was fined £440 with £120 costs.