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

September 1

  • Neil Cheetham, 32, of Tilling Crescent, High Wycombe. Assault be beating. Restraining order made. Fined £190. Costs £115. Assault by beating. Fined £190.
  • Claire Janes, 40, of Chiltern Avenue, Amersham. Theft from a shop. Imprisoned for four weeks, suspended for 12 months. Costs £200.
  • Thomas Whitehouse, 33, of Ercolani Avenue, High Wycombe. Driving over the speed limit. Driving record endorsed with three penalty points. Fined £80. Costs £20.
  • Dominik Butowicz, 21, of Green Street, High Wycombe. Common assault. Community order made. Restraining order made. Compensation £125. Costs £170. Criminal damage. Community order made. Compensation £150. Criminal damage. Community order made. Compensation £150. Common assault. Community order made. Compensation £100. Common assault. Community order made. Compensation £100. Common assault. Community order made. Compensation £100.

September 2

  • Andre McCowan, 53, of Milton Place, High Wycombe. Driving over the speed limit. Driving licence endorsed with three penalty points. Fined £100. Costs £85.
  • Janice Price, 61, of Micklefield Road, High Wycombe. Driving whilst disqualified. Imprisoned for 18 weeks, suspended for 24 months.
  • Geoffrey Rackstraw, 56, of Chiltern Avenue, Amersham. Theft from a shop. Compensation £114.98. Imprisoned for 10 days consecutive. Theft from a shop. Compensation £74.96. Imprisoned for 10 days consecutive. Failure to surrender to custody at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court. Imprisoned for 10 days concurrent. Theft from a shop. Imprisoned for 10 days consecutive. Theft from a shop. Imprisoned for 10 days consecutive. Failure to surrender to custody at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court. Imprisoned for 10 days concurrent. Theft from a shop. Imprisoned for 10 days consecutive. Compensation £48. Theft from a shop. Imprisoned for 10 days consecutive. Original offence in respect of which a suspended sentence order was made. Imprisoned for four weeks, suspended for 12 months.
  • Daniel Weedon, 41, of Station Close, High Wycombe. Theft. Community order made. Compensation £1,785.
  • Laura Weaver, 27, of Roberts Road, High Wycombe. Theft from a shop. Community order made. Compensation £253.84. Theft from a shop. Community order made. Compensation £32.92. Theft from a shop. Community order made.
  • Iancu-Dorel Avram, 47, of Desborough Road, High Wycombe. Failure to surrender at custody at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court. Fined £50.

September 3

  • Andrew Robinson, 47, of Church Street, High Wycombe. Breach of an anti-social behaviour order. Imprisoned for seven days. Costs £115.

September 5

  • Nathan Godbehere, 18, of Hampden Way, High Wycombe. Criminal damage. Fined £80. Compensation £114. Costs £65.
  • Simon Peters, 49, of Queens Road, High Wycombe. Failure to surrender to custody at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court. Fined £120. Costs £30.
  • Tammy Towner, 39, of The Acres, High Wycombe. Theft in dwelling other than an automatic machine or meter. Imprisoned for 10 weeks concurrent, suspended for 12 months. Actual bodily harm. Imprisoned for 26 weeks, suspended for 12 months. Compensation £200. Costs £180.
  • Gareth Bowers, 57, of Gomm Place, High Wycombe. Criminal damage. Community order made. Costs £170. Use threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause fear of/ provoke unlawful violence. Community order made. Compensation £25. Failure to surrender at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court. Community order made.

September 6

  • James Brice, 46, of Riversdale, Bourne End. Use threatening, abusive or insulting words to cause harassment, alarm of distress. Fined £1,485. Costs £840.

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