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

January 2

Timothy Holmes, 47, of The Green, Burnham. Assault by beating. Community order made. Fined £50. Costs £435.

January 3

Clare Willis, 45, of Rugwood Road, Flackwell Heath. Racially/religiously aggravated fear/provocation of violence by words/writing. Restraining order made. Fined £200. Costs £115.

Tyler Strickland, 34, of Sunnyside Road, Chesham. Theft – stealing three bottles of Champagne from Waitrose. Compensation £149.79.

Tyler Strickland, 34, of Sunnyside Road, Chesham. Theft – stealing items valued at £2,000 from Selfridges in Oxford Street. Committed to prison for 12 weeks. Theft – stealing items valued at £1,000 from Selfridges. Committed to prison for 12 weeks consecutive to offence number one. Compensation £200. Using a vehicle without insurance. Driving record endorsed with six points.

Liam Platten, 18, of Cherry Drive, Knotty Green. Driving without due care and attention in Shepherds Lane, Beaconsfield. Fined £80. Costs £32. Driving record endorsed with five points.

January 6

Matthew Avery, 30, of Hughenden Road, High Wycombe. Driving whilst disqualified on Micklefield Road, High Wycombe. Community order made. Costs £175. Driving record endorsed. Using a handheld device/mobile phone while driving on Micklefield Road, High Wycombe. Driving record endorsed with six points.

Ellie Martin, 19, of Gordon Road, High Wycombe. Dribing over the drug-drive limit on Wycombe Road in Marlow. Fined £230. Costs £117. Disqualified from driving for 12 months.

James Sturgess, 37, of The Acre, Marlow. Driving over the drink-drive limit on Havenfield Road, High Wycombe. Fined £120. Costs £117. Disqualified from driving for 19 months.

Lee Broomhead, 25, of Barker Lane, Aston Clinton. Drunk and disorderly in a public place at Kingsbury Square. Fined £40. Costs £117.

Mohammed Zaman, 67, of Walton Drive, High Wycombe. Driving a vehicle at Big Ben car boot sale in West Wycombe and failing to stop after a road accident. Fined £168. Driving record endorsed. Driving a vehicle without due care and attention. Fined £168. Costs £330. Driving record endorsed with five points.

January 7

Imran Mohammed, 47, of New Road, High Wycombe. Speeding over the 70mph speed limit on the M40 near junction 2 – speed was 81mph. Fined £83. Costs £115. Driving record endorsed with three points.

January 8

Timothy Hands, 30, of Crest Road, Booker. Theft – stealing four DVDs from Tesco in the Eden Shopping Centre to the value of £100. Discharged conditionally for 12 months. Costs £107.

William Hunt, 26, of Fulmer Road, Gerrards Cross. Driving over the drink-drive limit in Rogers Lane, Stoke Poges. Fined £580. Costs £143. Disqualified from driving for 16 months.

Monika Kolak, 35, of Arnison Avenue, High Wycombe. Driving over the drink-drive limit in Arnison Avenue, High Wycombe. Fined £540. Costs £139. Disqualified from driving for 24 months.

William Welton, 22, of Keepers Lane, Hyde Heath. Knowingly or wilfully making a false written statement not on oath. Committed to prison for 60 days suspended for 12 months. Costs £322.

Jack Connolly, 23, of Kesters Road, Chesham. Possession of a knife in Chesham Road, Amersham. Committed to prison for four months. Assault by beating. Committed to prison for two months concurrent. Costs £122.

Jack Connolly, 23, of Kesters Road, Chesham. Assault by beating. Committed to prison for two months concurrent. Restraining order made.

Kenneth Jackson, 55, of The Acres, Downley. Failure without reasonable excuse to comply with the requirements of a community order made by Wycombe Magistrates’ Court. Order to continue. Fined £120.

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