IN THE COURTS

A ROUND-UP of some of the recent cases before Portsmouth magistrates.

■ Emma Jones, 34, of Charden Road, Gosport, admitted driving while banned in Charden Road, Gosport, on January 13.

Magistrates fined her £120 with a £34 surcharge and £85 costs.

She was banned for four months.

■ Sam Bazley, 36, of Western Parade, Southsea, was found guilty of damaging an iPhone 8 on March 15 last year.

He was fined £515 with £700 compensation to pay.

He must pay a £52 surcharge and £85 costs, totalling £1,352.

Magistrates cleared him of assault by beating.

■ Daniel Dixon, 23, of Lawrence Road, Southsea, admitted having cannabis, a class B drug, in Southsea on September 5 last year.

Magistrates fined him £80 with a £34 surcharge and £40 costs.

■ Mark Wall, 59, of Stoke Gardens, Gosport, admitted drink-driving at the Meridian Centre car park in Elm Lane, Havant, on January 22.

Magistrates fined him £461 with a £45 surcharge and £85 costs.

A test revealed he had 63 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35. He was banned for 18 months.

■ Ben Whitford, 19, of Queen Street, Portsea, admitted drink-driving in The Hard on January 23

A test revealed he had 40 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.

He must pay an £80 fine and £85 surcharge.

He was banned for 12 months.

■ Joshua Gunn ,30,of St Michael's Road, Southsea, admitted assaulting an emergency worker on May 5 last year in Portsmouth.

He was jailed for 28 days.

■ Owen Monckton, 20, of Lynn Crescent, Fareham, admitted driving while banned in Cutter Avenue, Warsash, on January 28.

Magistrates imposed an eight-week jail term suspended for a year.

He must pay complete 15 days' rehabilitation activities.

He must pay a £128 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

He was banned for two months.

Monckton also admitted driving without insurance or a licence.

■ Andrew Richards, 42, of Malthouse Lane, Fareham, admitted cannabis drugdriving in Washington Road, Buckland, on October 26 last year.

Magistrates imposed a £300 fine with £34 surcharge and £85 costs.

He was banned from driving for a year.