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A WOODLEY man who failed to stop his car when police ordered him to has been banned from driving for a year.
Jagjit Gill, 43 and from Reading Road, was pulled over by police on November 26, 2019, on the same road.
Police found that his vehicle’s front tyres were un-roadworthy as the cord was exposed.
A test found that Gill was driving while under the influence of Delta-9-Tetrahyrdocannabinol, a form of cannabis.
He had pleaded not guilty to this third offence, but magistrates disagreed and he was fined £500 for this offence.
Gill must also pay £500 costs and £50 to victim services, at a rate of £100 per month.
A WOKINGHAM man who harassed his victim through text messages and unwanted phone calls and gifts has been found guilty.
Jason Matthew Drury, 30 and from Billing Avenue, carried out the harassment between July 12 and 15 last year.
He was also guilty of a second charge of damaging a car window to the value of £1,400.
He was ordered to pay £200 compensation to his victim for the first offence and £260 to the victim of his second offence, and undertake 30 days of an accredited programme. Drury must also pay costs of £300 and £95 to victim services. He may repay at a rate of £100 per month.
A SHINFIELD man who refused to give a blood specimen when requested by police has been jailed for four months.
Iftkhar Bashier, 49 and from Bookers Hill, was given the jail term after committing multiple breaches of a previous court order and some offences while released on bail.
He had been stopped in Wokingham on July 7 when he declined to give the blood sample.
For this he was ordered to pay £150 costs and £128 to victim services and banned from driving for two years.
He was also guilty of driving without a licence on November 23 last year on Western Elms Avenue in Reading; driving on Beresford Road on January 22 in Reading; and on Kings Road, Reading on January 13 this year.
A FINCHAMPSTEAD man was fined £30 for being caught in possession of cocaine.
Lloyd Alan John Bower, 31 and from Roycroft Lane, was stopped by police on September 22 last year in Wokingham.
He pleaded guilty when he appeared at Reading magistrates court on August 7.
In addition to the fine, the drugs were destroyed, and he was ordered to pay £34 to victim services.
For a second offence of possessing a quantity of diamorphine, a class A drug, he was fined £30.
A WOKINGHAM man who was found guilty of handling a stolen car has been ordered to undertake a rehabilitation activity and pay £250 compensation.
Steven Graham Proud, 41 and from Emmbrook Vale, was caught in Bracknell on August 24 last year.
He elected for a summary trial after pleading not guilty. Magistrates disagreed and he was ordered to pay £500 costs and £95 to victim services, with deductions taken from his benefit payments.
His partner in crime was Derek Francis Woods, 35 and from Drovers Way in Woodley.
He pleaded guilty at the hearing on August 13, and was fined £150, ordered to pay £450 costs and £34 to victim services at a rate of £40 per month.
A SHNFIELD man who assaulted a man in Earley on August 31,
2019, has been placed under curfew.
Andrew Saunders, 52 and from Fair Lawn Green, pleaded guilty at Reading Magistrates Court on August 17.
He was ordered to wear an electronic tag, and have to stay his home address between 7pm and 7am Mondays to Fridays.
Saunders must also pay £200 compensation to his victim, £85 costs, and £90 to victim services at a rate of £50 per month.
A WOKINGHAM woman who bit a police officer has been fined £270.
Mary Cash, 23 and from
Nine Mile Ride, carried out the assault on October 24 last year in Wokingham. She was ordered to pay £40 compensation, but no order for costs was made. Cash may repay at £20 per month.
A WOKINGHAM woman who failed to comply with her court order has been jailed for 14 days.
Billy-Jo Cole, 24 and from
Patten Ash Drive, did not take part in activities specified by her supervisor, including not attending scheduled appointments on three occasions.
Magistrates felt that Cole has shown wilful and persistent failure to comply with a community order.
Possessing a quantity of cannabis has seen a Wokingham man fined £200.
Oliver Anthony Copland, 25 and from Oaklands Crescent, was stopped by police in Wokingham on March 29 this year.
He originally pleaded not guilty but changed it to guilty when he appeared at Reading Magistrates Court on August 20.
In addition to the fine, Copland was ordered to pay £100 costs and £34 to victim services.
The drugs were destroyed.