FROM THE COURTS
A WOKINGHAM woman has been jailed for 18 weeks, suspended for 12 months, as magistrates felt she had exhibited a wilful and persistent failure to comply with a community order imposed on her.
Louise Sally Beasley, 27 and from Norreys Avenue, was sentenced at Reading Magistrates Court on July 15.
On March 8 last year, she threatened to ‘smash his windscreen and cut his brake lines on his car’ of her victim. She had pleaded not guilty on November 3 last year, but her case was proven in absence on May 7.
On May 7, she failed to appear at the court
On February 1, she was convicted of theft from a shop and a community order imposed on her
The original offence was stealing cosmetics worth £929 from Boots’ branch in Bracknell’s High Street.
She was ordered to pay £128 to victim services at a rate of £20 per month from October 17 this year.
A BINFIELD man has been ordered to stop driving for 25 months and undertake up to five days of a rehabilitation activity.
James Boyer, 48 and from Dunford Place, appeared before Reading Magistrates Court on
July 15, where he admitted drink driving. A test found he had 97 microgrammes of alcohol in
100 millilitres of breath, when he was stopped at Framptons Bridge Roundabout in the village on February 19.
In addition to surrendering his licence, Boyer must pay an £80 fine, £85 costs and £95 to victim services, at a rate of £20 per month from October 17.
AN ARBORFIELD woman who was five times over the limit has been banned from driving for 28 months and ordered to receive treatment for alcohol addiction.
Ashley Davies, 29 and from Faraday Close, pleaded guilty when she appeared at Slough Magistrates Court on July 16.
She had been stopped on Princess Marina Drive on February 14. A test found she had
250 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.
She must pay £85 costs and
£95 to victim services.
A FINCHAMPSTEAD man has been given a 26-week suspended sentence after reoffending while a community order had been imposed on him.
Alexander Anthony Clark, 22 and from Finchampstead Road, admitted being in possession of cannabis when he was stopped by police on March 2 in Wokingham.
He had been found guilty of the same offence on August 25 last year.
Under the terms of his order, he must undertake an eight-week curfew, ending on September 13. Between 7.30pm and 6.30am, he must be at his home address. He must also wear a tag.
Clark was also ordered to pay £85 costs.
DRIVING while under the influence of drugs has seen a Wokingham woman banned from getting behind the wheel for a year.
Marie Salter, 35 and from Oak Avenue, was stopped by police on Bean Oak Road on January
27. A test found a quantity of benzoylecgonine, a form of cocaine, in her blood stream.
In addition to the ban Salter, also known as McCallum, was fined £120, and ordered to pay costs of £85 and £34 to victim services.
A READING man who stole £40 from a man in Winnersh has been ordered to carry out 270 hours of community service.
Ionut Sandru, 29 and from Faygate Way, was also ordered to pay £300 costs and £95 to victim services following the incident which took place on March 28, 2019.
He had initially pleaded not guilty and opted for a summary trial, but changed his mind on July 1. He was sentenced on July 22, and may repay at a rate of £20 per month.
DRUG DRIVING has seen a Woodley man have his licence revoked for 12 months.
Mark Adam Whitlock, 35 and from Colemans Moor Road, was stopped on Shinfield Road on January 15. A test found that he had traces of Delta-9Tetrahydrocannabinol, a form of cannabis, in his bloodstream.
At a hearing at Reading Magistrates Court on July 23, he was fined £100, ordered to pay £85 costs and £34 to victim services.
A 41-YEAR-OLD from Woodley has been jailed for 18 weeks after committing a further offence while on bail.
Galan Skillz Zambo, 41 and from South Lake Crescent, was stopped on Lowfield Road, Caversham on July 23. A test found 112 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, exceeding the prescribed limit.
He was also driving while disqualified.
Reading Magistrates Court heard his guilty plea on July 26, and ordered him to pay £128 to victim services and a day in prison for defaulting on a payment of £128.
He is also banned from driving for 50 months, and will remain disqualified until he has passed
“an extended test of competence”.
At the same sitting, he was jailed for a further 10 weeks, to run concurrently, for a further charge of drink driving.
Zambo was stopped on South Oak Way in Reading on June 29. A test found 66 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.
His licence was revoked for 18 months for this offence.
Zambo has pleaded not guilty to two further charges of assaulting one person and using threatening language to another on September 26 last year at an address in Reading. This case was due to be heard at Reading Magistrates Court on August 9.