Rossendale Free Press

BEFORE THE BENCH

People appearing at the magistrate­s’ court

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CASES heard at Burnley Magistrate­s Court:

DEBORAH Drake, 41, of Manchester Road, Haslingden, pleaded guilty to drink-driving. She was given a 12-month community order with 80 hours unpaid work, ordered to pay £150 costs and disqualifi­ed from driving for 40 months, reduced by 40 weeks if he completes a course by the Secretary of State.

DALE Bottomley, 38, of Edgworth Grove, Burnley, pleaded guilty to two counts of shopliftin­g in Rossendale. He was given a 12-month community order with 40 hours unpaid work and ordered to pay £72.50 compensati­on.

STACEY Leishman, 24, of Lancaster Avenue, Haslingden, pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly in a public place. She was given a six-month conditiona­l discharge and ordered to pay £20 costs.

BARRIE Anne Pounder, 37, of Briercliff­e Road, Burnley, pleaded guilty to two counts of shopliftin­g in Rossendale. He was given a 12-month community order with 40 hours unpaid work and ordered to pay £72.50 compensati­on.

WAYNE Christophe­r Ward, 47, of Grange Road, Rawtenstal­l, pleaded guilty to drink- driving at the McDonalds Drive Thru in Rawtenstal­l. He was fined £276, ordered to pay £85 costs and disqualifi­ed from driving for 14 months, reduced by 14 weeks if he completes a course approved by the Secretary of State.

CARL Davies, 31, of Hopwood Street, Preston, pleaded guilty to using threatenin­g or abusive words or disorderly behaviour in Bacup. He was given 12-month conditiona­l discharge and restrainin­g orders, and ordered to pay £85 costs.

CRAIG Andrew Venus, 34, of St Thomas’s Road, Crawshawbo­oth, pleaded guilty to drink=driving. He was fined £100, 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.

JAMES Herbert Chadwick, 63, of North View, Crawshawbo­oth, pleaded guilty to drinkdrivi­ng, assault by beating and assaulting a police officer. He was fined £240, ordered to pay £100 compensati­on and disqualifi­ed from driving for 15 months, reduced by 15 weeks if he completes a course approved by the Secretary of State.

JOHN Timothy Hallisey, 41, of Todmorden Road, Bacup, pleaded guilty to sending a threatenin­g text message. He was fined £150, ordered to pay £200 compensati­on and £85 costs and given a five-year restrainin­g order.

JAMES Howorth, 24, of Rochdale Road, Bacup, pleaded guilty to drink= driving and using a vehicle without insurance. He was fined £275, 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.

JOHN William Kerrigan, 69, of Airdrie Crescent, Burnley, pleaded guilty to shopliftin­g in Rawtenstal­l. He was given a 12-month conditiona­l discharge and ordered to pay £323.96 compensati­on.

CASES heard at Blackburn Magistrate­s Court:

LISA Allen, 34, of Musden Avenue, Helmshore, pleaded guilty to two counts of speeding. She was fined £186, order to pay £85 costs and given three points on her driving licence.

NEIL Francis Ashworth, 53, of Dale Street, Haslingden, pleaded guilty to five counts of speeding. He was fined £450, ordered to pay £425 costs and given three points on his driving licence.

MICHAEL Josef Farnworth, 44, of Regent Road, Blackpool, pleaded guilty to four counts of drug-driving in Rossendale. He was given a six-week jail sentence, suspended for 18 months, with a supervisio­n requiremen­t, a 19-day programme requiremen­t, a ten-day rehabilita­tion activity requiremen­t, fined £100, ordered to pay £85 costs and disqualifi­ed from driving for 45 months.

LUKE David John Howarth, 30, of Gaghills Terrace, Waterfoot, pleaded guilty to criminal damage. He was fined £369, and ordered to pay £800 compensati­on.

DANIEL Thomas Moult, 26, of Market Street, Bacup, pleaded guilty to drink driving, using a vehicle without insurance, driving without a licence, failing to stop when requested by police, criminal damage, failing to surrender into custody having been released on bail and while subject to a suspended sentence order. He was jailed for 26 weeks and disqualifi­ed from driving for three years and 21 days.

LEWIS Devi D’Arbo, 31, of Top Barn Lane, Newchurch, pleaded guilty to driving while disqualifi­ed and using a vehicle without insurance. He was jailed for four weeks.

ALEX Millward, 22, of Aspinall Street, Heywood, pleaded guilty to two counts of shopliftin­g, including in Rawtenstal­l, while subject to a conditiona­l discharge order. He was jailed for eight weeks and ordered to pay £70 compensati­on.

SOHAIL Miskeen, 25, of Rufford Street, Bradford, pleaded guilty to speeding in Haslingden. He was fined £57, ordered to pay £85 costs and given three points on his driving licence.

JAMES Robert Irwin, 30, of Bury Road, Haslingden, pleaded guilty to two counts of shopliftin­g and one count each of handling stolen goods and fraud by false representa­tion. He was given a 12-month community order with a 20-day rehabilita­tion activity requiremen­t, fined £50 and ordered to pay £194.25 compensati­on.

ISHTIAQ Ahmed, 33, of Ullswater Way, Rawtenstal­l, pleaded guilty to harassment. He was given a 10-week jail sentence, suspended for 12 months, with a supervisio­n requiremen­t, a 30-day rehabilita­tion activity requiremen­t, a two-year restrainin­g order and ordered to pay £150 costs.

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