Weekly round-up of cases heard at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court:

January 2

Arif Hussain, 27, of Wendover Street, High Wycombe. Possession of a controlled drug of class B (cannabis/cannabis resin). Fined £40. Drugs forfeited and destroyed. Possession of a controlled drug of class A (heroin). Fined £40. Driving a vehicle while unfit through drugs. Fined £120. Costs £115. Disqualified from driving for 12 months.

Helen Watson, 59, of Widecroft Road, Iver. Driving over the drink-drive limit. Fined £120. Costs £115. Disqualified from driving for 18 months.

January 3

Farrukh Bashir, 47, of Station Close, High Wycombe. Theft from a shop. Fined £40. Compensation £27. Costs £115. Theft from a shop. Fined £40. Theft from a shop. Fined £40.

Lewis Evans, 27, of Woodland View, Chesham. Assault by beating of an emergency worker. Community order made. Costs £170. Assault by beating of an emergency worker. Community order made. Using violence for the purpose of securing entry into premises. Community order made. Compensation £100.

Christopher Gardiner, 30, of Newton Court, Chesham. Failed without reasonable excuse to comply with the supervision requirements imposed following release from a period of imprisonment. Fined £80. Costs £80.

Richard Hall, 52, of Hughenden Gardens, High Wycombe. Assault by beating. Community order made. Restraining order made. Costs £385.

January 4

Wayne Moseley, 29, of Beechcroft Road, Chesham. Theft from a shop. Fined £80. Costs £115.

Margaret Moseley, 58, of Deansway, Chesham. Theft from a shop. Fined £80. Costs £115.

Martin Williams, 50, of Crest Road, High Wycombe. Possession of a knife blade/pointed article in a public place. Committed to prison for four months suspended for 18 months. Costs £115.

Jordan Pearce, 20, of Longfield Drive, Amersham. Criminal damage to property valued under £5,000. Compensation £200. Assault by beating of an emergency worker. Fined £500. Costs £135.

Paul Dunning, 34, of Quarrendon Road, Amersham. Driving over the drink-drive limit. Fined £162. Costs £115. Disqualified from driving for 19 months.

January 7

Mazar Ali, 30, of Bells Hill Green, Stoke Poges. Driving a motor vehicle with a proportion of a specified drug above the limit. Community order made. Costs £170. Disqualified from driving for 40 months. Possession of a controlled drug of class B (cannabis/cannabis resin). Fined £246. Drugs forfeited and destroyed.

James Gray, 26, of Freer Crescent, High Wycombe. Theft from a shop. Committed to prison for 90 days concurrent. Costs £115. Commission of a further offence during a period of a suspended sentence. Suspended sentence of imprisonment of 104 days suspended for 12 months implemented as a sentence of 74 days consecutive to offence number one. Commission of a further offence during a period of a suspended sentence. Suspended sentence of imprisonment of two months suspended for two months implemented as a sentence of 60 days.

Michelle Kelly, 45, of Woodside Road, High Wycombe. Assault by beating of an emergency worker. Fined £420. Compensation £50. Costs £127.

Alan Rosen, 45, of Buckingham Drive, High Wycombe. Breach of a criminal behaviour order. Committed to prison for eight weeks concurrent suspended for 12 months. Costs £115.

Migell Williams, 27, of Hughenden Road, High Wycombe. Possession of a controlled drug of class B (cannabis/cannabis resin). Discharged conditionally for 12 months. Costs £105. Drugs forfeited and destroyed.

Malcolm Hearn, 19, of Grenville Close, Burnham. Possession of an offensive weapon in a public place. Community order made. Costs £485. Criminal damage to property valued under £5,000. Community order made.

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