Round-up of the latest cases before the courts

The following cases are among those dealt with recently at Sunderland Magistrates’ Court.

Sa m R a i n e, 2 1 , o f L i m e Stre et , Su n d e rl a n d , wa s banned from driving for a year, fined £120 and ordered to pay a £32 victim surcharge and £85 prosecution costs after admitting drug-driving on February 19.

D av i d S t r au g h a n , a l s o known as Bevan, 32, of Ribble Road, Red House, Sunderland, received a 12-month conditional discharge and was ordered to pay a £22 victim surcharge and £85 prosecution costs after admitting stealing nine bottles of Moet champagne worth a combined £368 from Sainsbury’s, in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, on June 13.

Tyler Paul Anthony Davison, 19, of Saville Street, North Shields, was banned from driving for a year, fined £162 and ordered to pay a £32 victim surcharge and £300 prosecution costs after admitting taking a car without the owner’s consent, driving without insurance and driving without a valid licence, all in Sunderland, on December 18 last year.

Sa m a nth a L ou i s e M i l l - er, 34, of Low Downs Road, H etto n , re c e ive d s i x p e nalty p oi nts on her driving licence, was fined £120 and ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £85 prosecution costs after she was convicted of permitting another person to drive a car without the correct licence or insurance in Washington on May 12 last year.

Julie Jones, 46, of Barningham Close, Sunderland, received 10 penalty points on her driving licence, was fined £120 and ordered to pay a £34 victim surcharge and £85 prosecution costs after admitting drink-driving on April 19.