The following cases were heard at Reading or Slough Magistrates’ Courts.

January 30:

DECLAN TYE, 30, of Colenorton Crescent, Eton Wick, Windsor, pleased guilty to ignoring traffic signs on July 10 last year on the A4 Bath Road in Slough. He is pleaded to guilty to driving without third party insurance, failing to stop for an officer, and driving without due care or attention. He was fined £80 and had eight points added to his licence. He was also ordered to pay £85 in court costs and a victim surcharge of £32.

DAVID PETERS, 61, of Pinewood Close, Sandhurst, pleaded guilty to making telephone calls which conveyed a message which was indecent or grossly offensive for the purpose of causing distress or anxiety on October 25, 2021. He was given a community order and fined £2,014. He will also need to complete eight days of rehabilitation activity, pay an £85 court cost and a £190 victim surcharge.

AARON WOOLFORD, 35, of South Close, Slough, pleaded guilty to three counts of drug driving and one count of driving without insurance on October 3 last year. He was disqualified from driving for 12 months and fined £415. He was also ordered to pay £85 in court costs and a £166 victim surcharge.

MOHAMMED BAIG, 28, of Waterbeach Road, Slough, pleaded guilty to drink driving on November 25 last year with namely 42 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath as well as driving while disqualified. He was order to complete 140 hours of unpaid work and complete 19 days of rehabilitation activity. He was also charged an £85 court fee.

KATIE LAWSON, 43, of Hawthorne Close, Bracknell, pleaded guilty to drink driving with namely no less than 191 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood on August 28 last year. She was disqualified from driving for 17 months and fined £120. She was also made to pay an £85 court cost and a £48 victim surcharge.

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