The following cases were heard at Slough Magistrates’ Court:

May 20

Philip Bryant, 58, of Upton Park, Slough. Drunk and disorderly in a public place. Fined £50. Costs £30.

Declan Cardozo, 20, Cardinals Walk, Slough. Driving over the drug-drive limit. Disqualified from driving for 12 months. Fined £200. Costs £115.

Marvin Peter Hewetts, 26, Hartland Close, Slough. Assault by beating. Fined £250. Costs £365.

Hasan Ishtiaq Khan, 21, of Leeds Road, Slough. Driving above the drink-drive limit. Disqualified from driving for 17 months. Fined £250. Costs £115.

Bradley Mclauchlan, 20, of Ricardo Road, Old Windsor. Possession of a Class A drug. Community order made. Costs £170. Obstruct an authorised person in exercise of a section 23 power to detain/search a person/vehicle//vessel re drugs. Community order made. Obstruct an authorised person in exercise of a section 23 power to detain/search a person/vehicle//vessel re drugs. Community order made.

Michael Sharp, 33, of Moreland Avenue, Colnbrook. Driving over the drug-drive limit. Disqualified from driving for 12 months. Fined £120. Costs £115. Possess a controlled drug of Class B. Fined £40.

Justin Edward Stanley Smith, 46, of Sunderland Road, Maidenhead. Driving over the drug-drive limit. Disqualified from driving for 12 months. Conditional discharge for 12 months. Costs £105.

Kamil Stepien, 20, of Upton Court, Slough. Driving above the drink-drive limit. Disqualified from driving for 16 months. Fined £290. Costs £115.

May 21

Lauren Frost, 29, of Dedworth Road, Windsor. Driving above the drink-drive limit. Disqualified from driving for 24 months. Community order made. Costs £85.

Simon Richard May, 37, of Monkfield Way, Slough. Stole goods from Co-op. Conditional discharge for 6 months. Costs £125.

Ryan Dayle Forrester-Jones, 24, of no fixed abode, Windsor. Criminal damage. Community order made. Costs £100. Racially/religiously aggravated common assault/beating. Community order made.

Elizabeth Diane White, 52, of Windsor Great Park. Failed to comply with a community requirement. Fined £100. Costs £60.

Pavenbir Singh Chahal, 24, of Ives Road, Slough. Driving over the drug-drive limit. Disqualified from driving for 12 months. Costs £170.

Joshua Robert Russell, 28, of Park Corner, Windsor. Possess a controlled drug of Class A. Fined £120. Costs £115. Using a mobile phone while driving. Fined £160. Driving record endorsed with 6 points.

Saeed Qureshi, 35, of Cranbourne Close, Slough. Driving while disqualified. Imprisoned for 12 weeks suspended for 12 months. Driving over drink-drive limit. Imprisoned for 12 weeks suspended for 12 months. Disqualified from driving for 48 months. Costs £200.

Miles Connors, 28, of Garret Road, Slough. Failed to comply with a community order. Fined £100. Costs £60.

Roy Mehta, 57, of Kendal Drive, Slough. Failed to comply with a community order. Costs £75.

Wlodzimierz Siuda, 61, of Dart Close, Slough. Failed to comply with a community order. Fined £100. Costs £60.

May 22

Mohammed Jamil Shabbir, 37, of Kirkwall Spur, Slough. Use threatening/abusive words/behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress. No separate penalty. Racially/religiously aggravated fear/provocation of violence by words/writing. Imprisoned for 12 weeks. Costs £120. Original offence in respect of which a suspended sentence order was made. Suspended sentence of imprisonment of 10 weeks suspended for 18 months. Original offence in respect of which a suspended sentence order was made. Suspended sentence of imprisonment of 10 weeks suspended for 18 months. Original offence in respect of which a suspended sentence order was made. Suspended sentence of imprisonment of 10 weeks suspended for 18 months. Original offence in respect of which a suspended sentence order was made. Suspended sentence of imprisonment of 10 weeks suspended for 18 months. Original offence in respect of which a suspended sentence order was made. Suspended sentence of imprisonment of 10 weeks suspended for 18 months. Original offence in respect of which a suspended sentence order was made. Suspended sentence of imprisonment of 10 weeks suspended for 18 months. Original offence in respect of which a suspended sentence order was made. Suspended sentence of imprisonment of 10 weeks suspended for 18 months.

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