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

September 30

James Dawson, 29, of Buckingham Drive, High Wycombe. Driving over the drink-drive limit. Fined £120. Costs £117. Disqualified from driving for 16 months.

Ratnam Ratnaraj, 56, of Kingsley Crescent, High Wycombe. Driving over the drink-drive limit. Community order made. Fined £200. Costs £175. Disqualified from driving for 36 months.

Mihai Seizu, 37, of Gayhurst Road, High Wycombe. Driving over the drink-drive limit. Fined £345. Costs £119. Disqualified from driving for 16 months.

Darren Bond, 40, of Lower Icknield Way, Longwick. Driving over the drink-drive limit. Fined £1,799. Costs £264. Disqualified from driving for 25 months.

Richard Nicklin, 46, of Mulberry Close, High Wycombe. Theft from a shop. Fined £80. Costs £117.

Nicolas Baude, 39, of Station Road, Gerrards Cross. Driving over the drink-drive limit. Community order made. Costs £175. Disqualified from driving for 23 months.

October 1

Alejandro McTavish, 37, of Westhorpe Park, Marlow. Speeding in excess of the 30mph limit. Fined £70. Costs £30. Driving record endorsed with three points.

Jusmeet Narual, 25, of Gore Road, Burnham. Speeding in excess of the 30mph limit. Fined £110. Costs £30. Disqualified from driving for 28 days.

Zishan Zaman, 33, of High Beeches, Gerrards Cross. Exceeding the 30mph speed limit. Fined £250. Costs £115. Disqualified from driving for 28 days.

Reto Keiderling, 60, of Northern Woods, Flackwell Heath. Exceeding the 30mph speed limit. Fined £770. Costs £162. Driving record endorsed with five points.

October 2

Hasan Gulzar, 19, of Underwood Road, High Wycombe. Using a motor vehicle without third party insurance. Fined £120. Costs £115. Driving record endorsed with seven points. Possession of a controlled drug of class A (cocaine). Fined £120. Cocaine forfeited and destroyed. Possession of a controlled drug of class A (heroin). Fined £120. Heroin forfeited and destroyed.

Geoffrey Hutler, 70, of Holtspur Top Lane, Beaconsfield. Driving over the drink-drive limit. Fined £276. Costs £117. Disqualified from driving for 18 months.

Donald Pennant, 53, of Chalkpit Lane, Marlow. Driving over the drink-drive limit. Fined £640. Costs £149. Disqualified from driving for 24 months.

Aftab Hussain, 39, of London Road, High Wycombe. Driving over the drink-drive limit. Fined £200. Costs £117. Disqualified from driving for 24 months.

Joshua Semmens, 27, of Widmere Field, Prestwood. Failure without reasonable excuse to comply with the requirements of a community order made by Wycombe Magistrates’ Court. Order to continue. Fined £41. Costs £60.

Ciprian Lamandi, 38, of Elderdene, Chinnor. Importing, producing, carrying, keeping, treating or disposing controlled waste. Fined £166. Compensation £575. Costs £130.

October 3

Vicky McChaey, 19, of Croftwood, High Wycombe. Assault by beating. Community order made. Compensation £50. Costs £170.

Matthew Willis, 40, of Temple End, High Wycombe. Theft from a shop. Discharged conditionally for 12 months. Costs £21.

Richard Fox, 57, of Honor Road, Prestwood. Driving over the drink-drive limit. Committed to prison for 12 weeks, suspended for 18 months. Costs £207. Disqualified from driving for 36 months. Failure to surrender to custody. Fined £60.

October 4

Robert Coombs, 72, of Malet Close, Stokenchurch. Driving over the drink-drive limit. Fined £120. Disqualified from driving for 16 months. Racially/religiously aggravated intentional harassment/alarm/distress – words/writing. Fined £270. Compensation £100. Costs £675.

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