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

November 13

Matthew Eldridge, 39, of Hazel Road, Prestwood. Driving over the drink-drive limit. Fined £415. Costs £126. Disqualified from driving for 16 months.

Rose Kelly, 22, of Mill Road, Marlow. Driving over the drink-drive limit. Fined £615. Costs £146. Disqualified from driving for 25 months.

Natalie Seifert, 38, of Norwood Road, Loudwater. Assault by beating. Community order made. Compensation £100. Costs £485.

Marcin Kowalewski, 35, of Mount Nugent, Chesham. Driving over the drink-drive limit. Community order made. Costs £170. Disqualified from driving for 32 months. Using a motor vehicle without third party insurance. Fined £50. Driving record endorsed. Failure to surrender to custody. Community order made.

November 14

Mehtab Mehrban, 33, of Thorne Road, Lane End. Criminal damage to property valued under £5,000. Committed to prison for 14 days.

Stephen Lawrence, 46, of Nancy Hall Court, High Wycombe. Failure to comply with the requirements of a community order. Order varied. Costs £60.

November 15

Mpumelelo Khumalo, 36, of Chiltern Avenue, High Wycombe. Breaching a criminal behaviour order. Fined £100. Costs £30. Commission of a further offence whilst subject to a conditional discharge order. Fined £40.

Alan Rosen, 45, of Buckingham Drive, High Wycombe. Breaching a criminal behaviour order. Fined £40. Costs £30. Commission of a further offence during the period of a suspended sentence. Eight weeks in prison, suspended for 12 months.

Michael Edwards, 31, of Brandon Road, Booker, High Wycombe. Breaking the rules of a restraining order. Committed to prison for 16 weeks. Costs £200.

November 16

David Smith, 46, of West Wycombe Road, High Wycombe. Obstructing an authorised person in exercise of a section 23 power to detain/search a person/vehicle/vessel relating to drugs. Fined £40. Costs £115.

Serena Turner, 28, of Warwick Road, Beaconsfield. Assaulting a constable in the execution of his/her duty. Fined £108. Compensation £200. Costs £100.

November 19

Thomas Birks, 28, of Main Road, Naphill. Resisting a constable in the execution of his/her duty. Fined £300. Compensation £50. Costs £115.

Ruby Hall, 29, of Rignall Road, Great Missenden. Driving over the drink-drive limit. Fined £120. Costs £115. Disqualified from driving for three years. Using a motor vehicle on a public road without third party insurance. Fined £120. Driving record endorsed. Driving a vehicle otherwise than in accordance with a licence. Fined £40. Driving record endorsed.

Ricky Beale, 35, of Gibbs Close, High Wycombe. Theft from a shop. Fined £120. Compensation £199. Costs £115. Commission of a further offence while subject to a conditional discharge order. Fined £40.

November 20

Charlene Jackson, 33, of Lindsay Avenue, High Wycombe. Theft from a shop. Fined £40. Costs £115.

Brett Lacham, 25, of Meadow Cottages, Little Kingshill. Use threatening/abusive words/behaviour or disorderly behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress. Fined £333. Costs £118. Possession of a controlled drug of class A (cocaine). Fined £166.

Maria Gonzalez-Cabre, 28, of Copperkins Lane, Amersham. Driving a motor vehicle with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the limit. Fined £660. Costs £151. Disqualified from driving for 12 months.

November 21

Tariq Din, 39, of Kitchener Road, High Wycombe. Entered a premises in contravention of a closure order. Fined £40. Costs £115.

Mohammed Asif, 50, of Spearing Road, High Wycombe. Failure to comply with the requirements of a community order. Order to continue. Fined £40. Costs £30.

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