Speeding drivers and domestic violence culprits are amongst those appearing in the latest round of cases at the magistrates court. Devon’s magistrates courts sentence individuals for a wide variety of criminal offenses.
They can enforce endless fines, restrictions, neighborhood orders and as much as a year in jail.
Here DevonLive takes a look at recent hearings at the magistrates’ courts in Exeter, Newton Abbot and Barnstaple.
JULY 31
Max Robert Carter, Barnstaple. Age: 38. On 08/10/2022 at Goodleigh drove transformed ambulance on a roadway after taking in a lot alcohol that the percentage of it in breath, particularly 106 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, surpassed the recommended limitation. Plea: Guilty. Community order made. Disqualified from holding or acquiring a driving licence for 25 months.
Anjum Perwaiz Arain, Fairacre Avenue, Barnstaple. Age: 62. On 03/12/2022 at Exeter drove an automobile on a limited roadway, particularly A377 Cowley Bridge Road, at a speed going beyond 30 miles per hour. Plea: Guilty. Fined £446. Disqualified for holding or acquiring a driving licence for 6 months.
David Benjamin Thomas, NFA. Age: 51. On 14/07/2022 at Plymouth having actually been needed stopped working to offer info connecting to the recognition of the driver of a vehicle who was declared to have actually been guilty of an offense. Verdict: Found Guilty. Fined £660. To pay an additional charge to money victim services of £264. To pay expenses of £90 to the Crown Prosecution Service. Disqualified for holding or acquiring a driving licence for 6 months.
Charlie Eaton, Exe Street, Exeter. Age: 29. Application for an order for damage of a dog, particularly a “OBI” a dog had particular of a pit bull, was a restricted breed. In accordance with Section 4B of the hazardous dogs act 1991. Granted. It is purchased that the pit bull terrier dog called “OBI” be destroyed within 2 months unless prior to that time an exemption. The Court pleased on the balance of likelihoods that the dog is not a threat to public safety. Conditions to be satisfied: the dog needs to be neutered, micro-chipped and third-party insurance coverage obtained.
Max Leitch, Glenfield Road, Bideford. Age: 28. On 28/07/2023 at Bideford breached a domestic violence defense because sent a letter of interaction and likewise social networks messages. Plea: Admits Breach. Fined £20.
William John Hallett, Birdcage Lane, Ottery St Mary. Age: 68. On 12/06/2022 at Ottery St Mary, being a company, stopped working to make sure, up until now as was fairly practicable, the health, safety and well-being at work of all your staff members because carried out an endeavor of a recommended description, particularly a farming business, which included the performing of farming activities, consisting of grazing animals, stopped working to release the responsibility to make sure that individuals not in your work who might have been impacted were not exposed to threats to their health or safety, consisting of however not restricted to, threat developed by grazing livestock with calves at foot on land to which the general public had gain access to. Plea: Guilty. Adjourned to 09/11/2023.
AUGUST 1
Christopher John Mcnamara, NFA. Age: 38. Failed without affordable reason to adhere to the guidance requirements enforced following release from a duration of jail time. Plea: Admits Breach. Committed to jail for 2 week.
Joshua Luke Morgan Jones, Electricity House, Holsworthy. Age: 32. Failed without affordable reason to adhere to the requirements of a neighborhood order made by stopping working to participate in consultations. Plea: Admits breach. Fined £50. To pay expenses of £50.
AUGUST 2
Neil Harvey Jackson, Higher Street, Hatherleigh, Okehampton. Age: 56. On 18/04/2023 at Sidwell Street, stopped working to distribute from the location laid out on the PSPO map. Plea: Guilty. Discharged conditionally for 6 months. To pay expenses of £85 to the Crown Prosecution Service.
Phillip Bradley Wise, NFA. Age: 21. On 20/01/2023 at Exeter attacked a male by beating him. Plea: Guilty. Committed to jail for 12 weeks suspended for 12 months. Rehabilitation Activity Requirement for 32 days. To pay payment of £100.
Victor Zeyu Nelson, NFA. Age: 20. Proceedings to think about the making of a criminal behaviour order following conviction on 10/03/2023 for offenses of theft and ABH. Interim Criminal Behaviour Order made till additional order: Prohibitions: 1. The offender needs to not stay on a personal land or properties when asked to leave, consisting of those properties with public gain access to; 2. The offender needs to not get in get in Marks & Spencers on High Street, Exeter; 3. The offender needs to not get in John Lewis in Exeter; 4. The offender needs to not get in The Works in Exeter; 5. The offender needs to not get in KFC in Exeter; 6. The offender needs to not get in Clobbur in Exeter.
AUGUST 3
Adam Tyler, All Saints Road, Torquay. Age: 39. On 04/11/2022 at Torquay attacked a female by beating her. Plea: Not Guilty. Verdict: Found Guilty. Community order made. Building Better Relationships. Carry out overdue work for 150 hours. Restraining order made. To pay expenses of £775 to the Crown Prosecution Service.
Steven David Simmons (Aka Greenwood), Holdsworth Avenue, Warminster, Dorset. Age: 45. On 03/02/2023 at Tudor Road, Newton Abbot, attacked, an emergency situation employee, particularly Police Constable, acting in the workout of his functions as such an employee, by beating him. Plea: Guilty. Community order made. Fined £108. To pay payment of £250.
Jason Waites, Skelmersdale Close, Kingsbridge. Age: 49. On 21/03/2023 at Kingsbridge, without affordable reason, did something, particularly, stopping working to alert the authorities within 3 days after utilizing a mobile (wise) phone, which were forbidden from doing by a sexual threat order made on 30/04/2019. Fined £90. To pay expenses of £100 to the Crown Prosecution Service.
Roxanne Lucas, Rowan Road, Paignton. Age: 39. On 27/01/2023 at Paignton had belongings of 2.76 grams of amphetamine, a managed drug of class B. Plea: Guilty. Fined £80.
