BEFORE THE BENCH

THE following people have appeared before Stockport magistrates: ●●MATTHEW BETTIS, 27, of London Road, Hazel Grove, admitted drinkdriving. Eight weeks’ jail suspended for a year, 200 hours’ unpaid work, four-year ban, £85 costs. ●●JEFFREY STEVEN EDDOWES, 46, of Prospect Vale, Heald Green, pleaded guilty to taking a vehicle without consent and being involved in an accident, driving without insurance and driving not in accordance with a licence. Community punishment order with 100 hours’ unpaid work, 12-month driving ban, £1,000 compensation. ●●ANTHONY HEALEY, 35, of Barnsley Street, Offerton, admitted criminal damage and two counts of assault. Community punishment order with activity requirement, fined £330, £100 compensation, restraining order, £85 costs. ●●YASMIN VANESSA HOPE, 20, of Oldham Drive, Woodley, pleaded guilty to assault. Community punishment order with curfew, £85 costs. ●●NICHOLAS JOHN MAHER, 39, of the Longsons, Lancashire Hill, admitted six counts of breaching a restraining order. Forty-eight weeks’ jail suspended for 18 months, £85 costs. ●●DAVID MCCREERY, 55, of Green Lane, Heaton Moor, pleaded guilty to assault. Fined £1,750, £1,250 compensation, £250 costs. ●●DARREN CALLAGHAN, 50, of Gresham Walk, Heaton Moor, found guilty of assaulting a police officer. Fined £180, £50 compensation, £300 costs. ●●CHRISTOPHER LEE RIDGEWAY, 24, of Bosley Road, Cheadle Heath, pleaded guilty to criminal damage. Fined £80, £100 compensation, £85 costs. ●●ALAN JAMES PIERCE WILLIAMS, 34, of Stratford Square, Heald Green, admitted driving under the influence of drugs. Fined £250, one-year driving ban, £85 costs. ●●TERRY JOHN TRANTER, 40, of Marbury Road, Heaton Chapel, pleaded guilty to entering as a trespasser to steal. Community punishment order with a curfew, £85 costs. ●●RYAN O’KEEFE, 33, of Blackberry Lane, Brinnington, admitted criminal damage. Community punishment order with a curfew, £200 costs.