WEEKLY round up of hearings at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court.

NATHAN BIRKETT, 28, of John Hampden Way, Prestwood, convicted of using violence to secure entry to premises in Great Missenden, on November 30, 2023. Fined £120. Also ordered to pay £85 court costs.

JUNAID ANSARI, 35, of Hughenden Road, High Wycombe, convicted of drug-driving in London Road, High Wycombe, on July 18, 2023. Found to have cannabis in their system. Fined £461. Also ordered to pay £85 court costs and £184 victim surcharge. Disqualified from driving for 12 months.

MIHAI-ALIN, CORDUNIANU, 30, of Churchill Avenue, Aylesbury, convicted of drink-driving in Buckingham Street, Aylesbury, on June 17, 2023.Found to have 82mg of alcoholin100ml of blood, the legal limit being 80mg. Also convicted of using a vehicle in a public place without the correct insurance in Buckingham Street on the same date. Fined £240. Also ordered to pay £85 court costs. Disqualified from driving for 12 months.

DEAN MORLING, 32, of Cromwell Avenue, Aylesbury, convicted of assault by beating in High Wycombe, on March 26, 2023. Given a community order to comply with a curfew with electronic tag monitoring. Also ordered to pay £100 compensation, £775 court costs and £114 victim surcharge.

JAMES WOODWARD, 28, of Priory Crescent in Aylesbury, convicted of racially or religiously aggravated harassment or distress in words or writing in Aylesbury on July 14, 2023. Fined £200. Also ordered to pay £50 compensation, £85 court costs and £80 victim surcharge.

KYLE DUNLOP, 42, of Keep Hill Drive, convicted of assault by beating in Marlow on January 20, 2024. Also convicted of stealing two coats and ski pants worth £169.98 from Mountain Warehouse in Marlow on the same date. Convicted of stealing meat products from Lidl in Marlow on January 24, 2024, and also convicted of stealing two shirts worth£130 in Marlow on October 14, 2023. Another conviction for stealing packs of bacon worth£15 from Sainsbury’s in Marlow on January 21, 2024. Sentenced to 36 weeks in prison suspended for 12 months due to defendant showing ‘some willingness to comply with treatment and address his drug habit’.

JORDAN MORRIS, 30, of Amersham Hill, High Wycombe, convicted of failing to surrender to police or court bail in Wycombe on January 15, 2024, and on January 8, 2024,having been released on bail. Also convicted of burglary other than a dwelling after entering as a trespasser into Papa Johns restaurant on Castle Street in High Wycombe and stole an unknown amount of money on September 1, 2023. Sentenced to 26 weeks in prison suspended for 24 months due to severity of offence and previous record. Must also pay £154 court costs and £154 victim surcharge.

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