FROMTHECOURTS
Cases heard in Reading and Slough Magistrates Courts in recent weeks
A WOODLEY man has been ordered to carry out 100 hours of community service and banned from driving for nine months for driving while disqualified.
Scott Ward, 54 and from Wallis Close, was stopped on Wharfdale Road in Winnersh on March 8.
He pleaded guilty at Reading Magistrates Court on June 17.
In addition to the ban, he must pay £85 costs and £95 to victim services, at a rate of £40 per month.
A TILEHURST man has been banned from driving for two years following a incident in Woodley.
David Sutton, 48 and from Tilehurst Road, was stopped on Headley Road on February 8, 2020 and found to be driving without insurance.
He was subsequently taken to Loddon Valley Police Station where he failed to provide a breath specimen for analysis.
Sutton’s driving ban will be reduced by 24 weeks on completion of a safe driving course.
He was fined £150, ordered to pay £100 costs and £90 to victim services.
The case was heard by Reading Magistrates on June 23.
AN EARLEY man has been banned from driving for 42 days for drink driving.
Lukasz Fleks, 21 and from Copperdale Close, pleaded guilty to having 62 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. He had been stopped by police on Pepper Lane on May 28.
In addition to the ban, he was fined £233, ordered to pay £85 costs and £34 to victim services.
A WOODLEY man who was stopped by police and found to have a quantity pof drugs in his possession has been fined £287.
Jon Mew, 19 and from Rowan Drive, pleaded guilty when Reading Magistrates heard his case on June 24.
He had been stopped in Woodley on December 4 last year. Officers found five snap bags of the class A drug cocaine, and one ecstasy tablet.
The drugs were forfeited and destroyed.
Mew must also pay £85 costs and £34 to victim services, at a rate of £50 per month.
A WOODLEY man who was stopped for drink driving has been banned from getting behind the wheel for 25 months.
George Patrick John Steward, 23 and from Ravensbourne
Drive, appeared before Reading Magistrates on June 24, where he pleaded guilty to the offence, which took place on May 28.
Police had stopped him on Wargrave Road, and a test found 112 micogrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.
His ban will be reduced by 25 weeks on completion of a safe driving course.
Steward must also undertake 100 hours of community service within the next 12 months, and pay £85 costs and £95 to victim services at a rate of £20 per month.
A SHINFIELD pensioner has been fined £163 and banned from driving for three years after being stopped for drink driving.
Brian Thomson, 73 and from Falcon Avenue, appeared before Reading Magistrates on June 24, where he pleaded guilty to having 51 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath when police stopped him on Arborfield Road on May 29.
In addition to his ban, he was ordered to pay £85 costs and £34 to victim services.
A WOKINGHAM man appeared at Slough Magistrates Court on June 24, where he pleaded guilty to driving without insurance and a licence.
Joss Michael Russell, 25 and from Evendons Lane, was stopped by police in Milton Road, Wokingham on November 7 last year. His licence was endorsed with eight points, and he was ordered to pay £85 costs and £34 to victim services at a rate of £60 per month.
A READING man who was found to be in possession of the class A drug MDMA has been fined £50.
James Garth Gareth Nicola, 53 and from London Road, was stopped in Wokingham on December 7, 2019, where he was found with the drug.
He pleaded guilty at a hearing at Reading Magistrates Court on June 28.
In addition to his fine, Nicola must pay £32 to victim services.
AN ARBORFIELD man has been banned from driving for 18 months.
Joshua Michael Heslehurst, 27 and from Mabett Close, was stopped by police on Eversley Road on June 1.
A test found that he had 68 micrograms of alcohol in
100 millilitres of breath, making him over the limit.
The ban will be reduced by 18 weeks on completion of a safe driving course.
He was fined £300, and pay £85 costs and £34 to victim services.
A YEAR-LONG ban was imposed on a drunk driver from Arborfield.
Huizhi Li, 29 and from
Mandarin Grove, pleaded guilty when he appeared before Reading Magistrates on June 28.
He had been stopped by police on the M4 on June 2. A test found he had 42 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.
Li’s ban will be reduced by 12 weeks on completion of a safe driving course. He was fined £461, ordered to pay £85 costs and
£46 to victim services.