College honours its star learners
BEFORE THE BENCH
JON MACPHERSON
LEARNERS with difficulties and disabilities have celebrated their progress and success at a special awards night.
The red carpet was rolled out for Accrington and Rossendale College and Nelson and Colne
CASES heard at Blackburn Magistrates Court:
NICHOLAS Andrew Clough, 33, of Round Hill View, Accrington, pleaded guilty to assault by beating. He was given a 12-month restraining order, fined £183 and ordered to pay £25 compensation and £85 costs.
STEPHEN Doherty, 27, of St Leger Court, Accrington, pleaded guilty to two counts of shoplifting and one count of failing to surrender into court having been released on bail. He was fined £80 and ordered to pay £72 compensation and £50 costs.
FARAKH Khalid, 31, of Whalley Road, Accrington, pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly in a public place and while subject to a suspended sentence order. He was College students who have been on the college’s SKIL and Bridge courses.
The courses have helped them develop important life and employability skills through utilising a purpose built flat to develop self-help and independence.
Initially students were supported by a ‘job coach’ fined £40 and the suspended sentence was varied to include an extra five-day rehabilitation activity requirement.
ABDUL Toheed, 46, of Ash Lane, Great Harwood, pleaded guilty to five counts of failing to comply with EU hygiene regulations. He was fined £1,384 and ordered to pay £1,422.23 costs.
JOAN Thomas, 41, of Oswald Street, Accrington, pleaded guilty to failing to comply with the requirements of a community order. She was fined £50.
WENDY Allonby, 32, of c/o Norfolk Close, Clayton-le-Moors, pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly at a railway station. She was given a 12-month conditional discharge.
JASON Peter Mayers, 29, of George Street, from Lancashire County Council with the support reducing as the student progresses through the course.
Lewis Baker-Vose, 22, from Oswaldtwistle, has enjoyed a supported internship with East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust.
He said: “This internship has given me so Oswaldtwistle, pleaded guilty to stealing diesel. He was ordered to pay £72.46 compensation.
MARK Anthony Parry, 38, of Livesey Branch Road, Blackburn, pleaded guilty to shoplifting in Accrington. He was fined £80 and ordered to pay £100 compensation.
JACQUELINE Low, 50, of Fielding Lane, Oswaldtwistle, pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly in a public place and while subject to a suspended sentence order. She was given a 12-month conditional discharge, fined £40 and ordered to pay £85 costs.
MOHAMMED Irfan Akram, 31, of Mulberry Walk, Blackburn, pleaded guilty to driving without insurance and possessing cannabis in Accrington, driving while disqualified and while subject to a many opportunities to meet new people and learn new skills. I don’t want my disability to stop me from thriving in the community and being an active member of society. This placement has changed my life.”
Fionnuala Swann, college assistant principal, said the awards night was a ‘lovely occasion and a suspended sentence order. He was jailed for 18 weeks and disqualified from driving for six months.
DUNCAN Smith, 41, of Shakespeare Avenue, Great Harwood, pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer by beating him. He was given a 12-month community order with a 15-day rehabilitation activity requirement, fined £273 and ordered to pay £100 compensation and £85 costs.
PAUL Hargreaves, 34, of High Street, Rishton, pleaded guilty to three counts of prohibiting a criminal behaviour order and while subject to a suspended sentence order. He was given an eightweek jail sentence.
JORDAN Haworth, 26, of Garden Street, Accrington, pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly in a fitting way to mark the success and progress of our students’.
She said: “We are confident that our learners have developed the skills needed to live more independently, undertake voluntary work or gain employment to support the local economy, and we wish them all the very best in their futures.” public place and failing to surrender into custody having been released on bail. He was given a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £85 costs.
PAUL Frank Almond, 45, of Walmsley Street, Great Harwood, pleaded guilty to shoplifting and while subject to a conditional discharge order. He was given a four-week community order with a curfew requirement and ordered to pay £109.59 compensation.
MATTHEW James Taylor, 25, of Alexandra Close, Clayton-le-Moors, admitted failing to comply with the requirements of a community order. His order was varied to include an extra five-day rehabilitation activity requirement.
PAUL Mark Lomax, 40, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to breaching a restraining order in Accrington. He was jailed for 16 weeks.
JAMES Stewart, 54, of Devonshire Drive, Claytonle-Moors, pleaded guilty to assault by beating. He was given a 12-month community order with a 15-day rehabilitation activity requirement, a 12-month restraining order, fined £55 and ordered to pay £100 compensation and £180 costs.
WAYNE Mark Braysford, 34, of Railway View, Accrington, pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer, using racially aggravated threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour, criminal damage and two counts of assault by beating while subject to a conditional discharge order. He was given a 12-week jail sentence, suspended for 12 months, with a supervision requirement, a 25-day rehabilitation activity requirement and ordered to pay £100 compensation.
GARY Kevin Ward, 31, of Hartmann Street, Accrington, pleaded guilty to burglary and racially aggravated harassment, alarm or distress against a police officer. He was jailed for 12 weeks.
ZAIAN Ahmed, 25, of St Huberts Street, Great Harwood, pleaded guilty to criminal damage. He was fined £80 and ordered to pay £200 compensation and £50 costs.
BENJAMIN Joseph Procter, 29, of Dill Hall Lane, Church, admitted failing to comply with the requirements of a community order. He was fined £200 and ordered to pay £65 costs.