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

March 20

Ross McIntyre, 38, of Slough Road, Datchet. Driving over the drink-drive limit on St Andrews Way, Slough, on January 19. Community order made. Costs £175. Disqualified from driving for 48 months.

Mohammed Naweed, 34, of Gwent Close, Maidenhead. Failure to co-operate with a preliminary test – a drugs swipe – in Maidenhead on March 4. Fined £80. Costs £117. Driving record endorsed with four points.

Sukhjinder Singh, 49, of Wexham Road, Slough. Possession of a controlled drug of class A (cocaine) in Slough on October 6, 2019. Fined £293. Costs £117. Cocaine forfeited and destroyed. Commission of a further offence during the operational period of a suspended sentence made by Slough Magistrates’ Court on September 17, 2019. Suspended sentence extended from 12 months to 15 months.

Aaron Ballard, 29, of St Leonards Road, Windsor. Assault by beating in Windsor on March 19. Committed to prison for eight weeks. Compensation £150. Theft from a shop – stole Niquitin products valued at around £170 from Boots in Windsor on March 19. Committed to prison for four weeks consecutive to offence number one – total length of sentence is 12 weeks.

David Wilden, 32, of Douglas Lane, Wraysbury. Driving over the drug-drive limit in Douglas Lane, Wraysbury, on October 15, 2019. Fined £80. Costs £117. Disqualified from driving for 12 months.

March 24

Kevin Doran, 49, of Upton Park, Slough. Burglary other than dwelling - entering Dr Chocs in Windsor on March 9 as a trespasser and stealing a laptop worth £350. Committed to prison for 12 weeks. Compensation £350. Costs £122. Theft from a shop - stole goods to the value of £119.97 from WH Smith in Windsor on March 12. Committed to prison for four weeks. Compensation £119.97.

March 26

Shakir Fenton, 24, of Wellington Street, Slough. Driving while unfit through drugs on March 23, 2019, in Florence Avenue, Maidenhead. Fined £120. Costs £115. Disqualified from driving for 15 months.

Marcin Winkler, 38, of Clements Close, Slough. Possession of amphetamine, a class B drug, at Slough Railway Station on October 10, 2019. Fined £200. Costs £117. Drugs destroyed.

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