Round-up of hearings at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court.

SEAN SWIFT, 22 of DUKES CLOSE, SHABBINGTON, AYLESBURY, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, pleaded guilty to driving a car otherwise in accordance with a licence authorising him to of that class  on March 30 this year in Gatehouse Road, Aylesbury.  His driving record was endorsed.

AUGUSTINA COSTE, 34 of LUCAS AVENUE, HARROW, MIDDLESEX, pleaded guilty to exceeding the variable speed limit between the M4 Junction 8/9-10 Westbound at Maidenhead on December 22 last year, at a speed exceeding 40mph. Coste was caught speeding 56mph. She was fined £293 and given 4 points on her licence and ordered to pay costs of £120 and surcharge of £117 by November 20.

LISA FERGUSON, 46 of WELLAND ROAD, AYLESBURY, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, pleaded guilty to sending by means of public electronic communications network a message that was grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character on September 22 this year in Aylesbury contrary to section 127(1)(a) and (3) of the Communications Act 2003. She was sentenced to a conditional discharge of two years. She also has to pay costs of £85 and a surcharge of £26 by November 21 in monthly instalments of £20.

ROBERT BENNETT, 32 of CURTIS AVENUE, ABINGDON, OXFORDSHIRE, pleaded guilty to driving a car on Marcham Road, Abingdon, without due care and attention on August 14 last year. He was fined £440 and given six points and ordered to pay costs of £120.

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