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

January 9

Lewis Hunt, 27, of Roberts Ride, Hazlemere. Assault by beating in Beaconsfield. Community order made – unpaid work of 100 hours. Restraining order made. Compensation £250. Costs £85. Stalking without fear/alarm/distress. Community order made.

Leam Ryan, 27, of Harman Walk, High Wycombe. Assault by beating in Micklefield Road, High Wycombe. Community order made – 30 ‘Building Better Relationships’ sessions. Restraining order made. Compensation £200. Costs £720.

Owen Sullivan, 49, of Crest Road, High Wycombe. Assault by beating in High Wycombe. Committed to prison for 14 days suspended for 12 months. Costs £200.

Luke Thurgood, 37, of Maypole Road, Taplow. Theft from a shop – stealing £344-worth of perfume from Lloyds Pharmacy. Committed to prison for seven days concurrent. Compensation £344.

January 10

Awais Ali, 29, of Dashwood Avenue, High Wycombe. Possession of 2.84g of cocaine (class A). Fined £120. Costs £117. Cocaine forfeited and destroyed.

Lucean Finlay, 59, of Buckingham Drive, High Wycombe. Racially/religiously aggravated intentional harassment/alarm/distress – words/writing towards staff at Bargain Buys. Community order made. Fined £120. Costs £170.

January 13

Mark Andrews, 60, of Queens Road, Marlow. Racially/religiously aggravated intentional harassment/alarm/distress – words/writing in Maidenhead. Compensation £50. Costs £117.

Reece Newman, 28, of Martin Close, Chesham. Fraud by false representation – using a stolen bank card. Compensation £8.70. Costs £85.

Malcolm Hearn, 21, of Grenville Close, Burnham. Theft from a shop – stealing perfume to the value of £109.97 belonging to TK Maxx. Fined £80. Compensation £109.97. Costs £117. Theft from a shop – stealing perfume to the value of £259.96 belonging to TK Maxx. Fined £120. Compensation £259.96.

Martin Jones, 63, of Highfield Avenue, High Wycombe. Racially/religiously aggravated intentional harassment/alarm/distress – words/writing in High Wycombe. Fined £270. Compensation £100. Costs £300.

Craig Birch, 39, of Lester Grove, Hazlemere. Criminal damage to property valued under £5,000 – spreading excrement in a police cell in High Wycombe. Compensation £100. Costs £85. Using threatening/abusive/insulting words/behaviour with intent to cause fear of violence. Fined £180. Compensation £50.

Liviu-Ioan Tugui, 43, of West End Road, High Wycombe. Driving over the drink drive limit on Wethered Road, Marlow. Fined £480. Costs £133. Disqualified from driving for 36 months.

Tomasz Wikiera, 44, of Framewood Road, Stoke Poges. Driving over the drink-drive limit on A40 Oxford Road in Gerrards Cross. Fined £250. Costs £117. Disqualified from driving for 16 months.

January 14

Philip Oluwaniyi, 21, of Suffield Road, High Wycombe. Driving a motor vehicle otherwise than in accordance with a licence on West Wycombe Road, High Wycombe. Fined £220. Costs £115. Driving record endorsed with three points.

Michael Waters, 29, of Clappins Lane, Naphill. Driving over the 30mph speed limit in Walters Ash. Fined £131. Costs £115. Driving record endorsed with six points.

Stephen Little, 26, of Bookerhill Road, High Wycombe. Harassment – breach of a restraining order. Committed to prison for six months. Harassment – breach of a restraining order. Committed to prison for six months consecutive. Costs £115.

January 15

Marlon Cato, 46, Bevelwood Gardens, High Wycombe. Driving whilst disqualified in Cotswold Way, High Wycombe. Community order made – carry out 140 hours of unpaid work. Costs £175. Disqualified from driving for 12 months.

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