Weekly round-up of convictions at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court:

September 18

  • Arif Hussain, 26, of Wendover Street, High Wycombe. Driving without correct insurance. Disqualified from driving for 28 days. Fined £180. Costs £340.

September 19

  • Adeel Iqbal, 30, of Desborough Road, High Wycombe. Bomb hoax – communicating false information. Imprisoned for six months, suspended for 18 months. Costs £200.
  • Katrina Ellerby, 43, of Batchelors Way, Chesham. Theft from a shop. Fined £120. Costs £30.
  • Gordon McKay, 36, of Heath End Road, Flackwell Heath. Going equipped for theft – non-motor vehicle. Imprisoned for 26 weeks, suspended for two years. Costs £115. Criminal damage to property valued under £5,000. Compensation £100.
  • Mehtab Mehrban, 31, of Thorn Road, Lane End. Common assault. Imprisoned for eight weeks, suspended for 12 months. Compensation £100.

September 20

  • James Field, 26, of Hillview, Saunderton. Failure to provide specimen for analysis. Imprisoned for 12 weeks, suspended for 18 months. Disqualified from driving for 36 months. Costs £200. Driver of a vehicle which failed to stop after a road accident. Imprisoned for four weeks concurrent, suspended for 18 months.
  • James Conners, 48, of Harman Walk, High Wycombe. Failure to surrender to custody at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court. Imprisoned for one week, consecutive. Harassment. Imprisoned for 11 weeks. Restraining order made. Costs £115.
  • Christopher Gardiner, 29, of Mount Nugent, Chesham. Failure to comply with the requirements of a community order. Order to continue. Fined £100. Costs £60.
  • Simon Protheroe, 35, of Kings Road, High Wycombe. Failure to comply with the supervision requirements following a release from a period of imprisonment. Fined £50. Costs £60.

September 21

  • Alistair Tate, 45, of The Phygtle, Chalfont St Peter. Assaulting a person thereby occasioning them actual bodily harm. Imprisoned for 23 weeks. Restraining order made. Compensation £150. Assaulting a person thereby occasioning them actual bodily harm. Imprisoned for 23 weeks, concurrent. Compensation £150. Use threatening or abusive words, behaviour or disorderly behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress. Fined £75. Original offence in respect of which a suspended sentence order was made. Imprisoned for eight weeks, suspended for 12 months.
  • Drew Rush, 22, of Coates Lane, Downley. Assault by beating. Fined £133. Compensation £125. Costs £115.

September 22

  • Jack Biffa, 31, of Paddocks End, Seer Green. Theft from a shop. Compensation £51.
  • Abdullah Rolle, 47, of Woodside Road, Amersham. Possession of a controlled drug of Class B. Fined £80. Costs £115.
  • September 25 Haroot Akhtar, 34, of Harries Way, Holmer Green. Use threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress. Fined £230. Costs £115.
  • James Malin, 32, of Totteridge Drive, High Wycombe. Theft from a shop. Compensation £250. Theft from a shop. Community order made. Compensation £530. Costs £170.
  • Nicole Pearce, 30, of Station Road, High Wycombe. Theft from a shop. Community order made. Costs £170.
  • Bogdan Filiciuc, 25, of Broad Street, Chesham. Criminal damage to property valued under £5,000. Discharged conditionally for 12 months. Compensation £1,000. Costs £640. September 26 Carmelo Schembri, 65, of Downs Park, High Wycombe. Harassment without violence. Discharged conditionally for 12 months. Costs £20.
  • Jack Brambleby, 26, of Roberts Ride, Hazlemere. Drunk and disorderly in a public place. Fined £40. Costs £60.

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