BEFORE THE BENCH

People appearing at the magistrates’ courts

CASES heard at Burnley Magistrates Court:

ADAM Gordon, 20, of Hall Fold, Whitworth, pleaded guilty to assault by beating. He was given a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £80 costs.

JOAN Johnson, 74, of Bury Road, Rawtenstall, pleaded guilty to drink driving. She was fined £180, ordered to pay £85 costs and disqualified from driving for 17 months, reduced by 17 weeks if she completes a course approved by the Secretary of State.

ABEL Haworth, 22, of Upper Ash Mount, Cloughfold, pleaded guilty to drug driving, driving without a licence and using a vehicle without insurance and no test certificate. He was fined £500, ordered to pay £85 costs and disqualified from driving for 12 months. JOHN Stephen George Harris, 40, of Bacup Road, Waterfoot, pleaded guilty to drink driving. He was fined £400, ordered to pay £85 costs and disqualified from driving for 36 months, reduced by 36 weeks if he completes a course approved by the Secretary of State.

GEORGE Stewart, 21, of Buchanon Street, Ramsbottom, pleaded guilty to taking a vehicle without the owner’s consent, using a car without insurance and driving without a licence. He was fined £200, ordered to pay £85 costs and given six points on his driving licence. CASES heard at Blackburn Magistrates Court:

DONNA Louise Monks, 40, of Walnut Street, Bacup, pleaded guilty to two counts of shoplifting and one count of failing to surrender into custody having been released on bail. She was given a 12-month community order with a six-month drug rehabilitation requirement, a threemonth exclusion requirement not to enter any Coop or Superdrug stores, a ten-day rehabilitation activity requirement and ordered to pay £85 costs. DANIEL Cain, 44, of Staveley Close, Bacup, pleaded guilty to harassment. He was given a 12-month community order with a one-month curfew requirement, a 20-day rehabilitation activity requirement, a 12-month restraining order and ordered to pay £85 costs. REBECCA Louise Waldron, 28, of Market Street, Shawforth, pleaded guilty to shoplifting and while subject to a suspended sentence order. She was jailed for nine weeks.

ANDREW John Crofts, 47, of Manchester Road, Ewood Bridge, Haslingden, pleaded guilty to assault by beating. He was fined £500 and ordered to pay £150 costs.