Weekly round-up of hearings at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court:

August 20

Salamat Ali, 42, of Oakridge Road, High Wycombe. Theft from a motor vehicle. Fined £120. Costs £117.

Ryan Dawson, 21, of Mill Lane, Monks Risborough. Driving over the drug-drive limit. Fined £120. Costs £115. Disqualified from driving for 12 months.

Andronic Constantin, 26, of Gordon Road, High Wycombe. Driving over the drink-drive limit. Committed to prison for 12 weeks concurrent suspended for 12 months. Costs £200. Disqualified from driving for 28 months. Driving whilst disqualified. Committed to prison for 12 weeks concurrent suspended for 12 months.

Pawel Kurasz, 32, of Chiltern Avenue, Amersham. Driving over the drink-drive limit. Fined £807. Costs £165. Disqualified from driving for 16 months.

August 21

Amjed Malik, 54, of Hawthorne Road, High Wycombe. Parking in a disabled bay. Fined £400. Costs £440.

August 22

Stewart McKay, 44, of Garratts Way, High Wycombe. Assault by beating. Community order made. Restraining order made. Costs £385. Using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour, thereby causing another person harassment, alarm or distress. Community order made. Restraining order made.

August 23

James Pringle, 30, of New Road, High Wycombe. Using threatening or abusive words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour within the hearing or sight of a person likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress. Fined £375. Costs £122.

David Gill, 50, of Little Marlow Road, Marlow. Common assault of an emergency worker. Community order made. Compensation £100. Costs £170. Common assault of an emergency worker. Community order made. Compensation £100. Using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour causing another person harassment, alarm or distress. Community order made. Compensation £50.

August 27

Lucas Gomes, 18, of Conegra Court, High Wycombe. Producing a quantity of a controlled drug of class B (Cannabis plant). Fined £150. Costs £117. Cannabis forfeited and destroyed.

Melanie Harber, 58, of Sawpit Hill, Hazlemere. Driving over the drink-drive limit. Fined £516. Costs £136. Disqualified from driving for 20 months.

Jayne James, 55, of Colne Place, Denham. Driving over the drink-drive limit. Fined £477. Costs £132. Disqualified from driving for 17 months.

Tommy Taylor, 18, of Layters End, Chalfont St Peter. Possession of an offensive weapon in a public place. Fined £200. Costs £85.

Daley Welland, 35, of Westfield Walk, High Wycombe. Criminal damage to property valued under £5,000. Fined £443. Compensation £100. Costs £85.

Anthony Gurney, 63, of Dorchester Close, Stoke Mandeville. Driving over the drink-drive limit. Community order made. Costs £175. Disqualified from driving for 25 months.

Cameron Vesey, 40, of Station Close, High Wycombe. Driving over the drug-drive limit. Fined £120. Costs £115. Disqualified from driving for 12 months.

Robert Carson, 39, of Waterside, Chesham. Criminal damage to property valued under £5,000. Community order made. Compensation £600. Assault by beating. Community order made. Restraining order made.

August 28

Darren Wiggins, 47, of Upper Field, Chinnor. Theft by walk-in. Community order made. Compensation £687.45. Costs £585. Theft by walk-in. Community order made. Compensation £791.94. Fraud by false representation. Community order made. Compensation £62.81.

Lisa Keen, 39, of Dovetail Close, High Wycombe. Parent of a child of school age who failed to regularly attend school. Fined £440. Costs £464.24.

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