The following cases were heard at Reading and Slough Magistrates’ Courts: 

March 21

HAARIS ALI, 26, of High Street, Slough, convicted of failing to comply with the requirements of a community order by failing to attend unpaid work and office appointmentsin January 2022. Fined £50 and made to pay costs of £60. 
IQRAR IQBAL, 36, of Stoke Poges Lane, Slough, convicted of failing to comply with the requirement of a community order by failing to attend office appointments in November and December 2021. Fined £50 and made to pay court costs of £60. 
STEVEN LOVERIDGE, 34, of Mill Place, Datchet, Slough, convicted of failing to comply with the requirement of a community order by failing to attend office appointments in January 2022. Fined £50 and made to pay £60 in court costs. 
ANDREW PHILLIPS, 42, of Nash Road, Slough, convicted of failing to comply with the requirements of a community order by failing to attend unpaid work appointments in December 2021 and January 2022. Fined £50 and made to pay £60 in court costs. 
JESSICA WOOLFORD, 36, of Queensway, Maidenhead, convicted of burglary of a Co-op supermarket, going equipped for theft namely be being possession of a hammer, chisel, screwdrivers, bolt croppers, knife and meat cleaver, and possession of cocaine in Maidenhead on February 11, 2019. 

March 24

HAFSA OMAR, 24, of Australia Road, Slough, admitted driving without insurance on Windsor Road, Slough on June 8, 2021. Fined £300 and must pay £119 in court fees. Driving record endorsed with six points. 

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