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

January 15

Natalie Hughes, 21, of Dale Side, Gerrards Cross. Driving over the drink-drive limit on Gaviots Way, Gerrards Cross. Fined £280. Costs £177. Disqualified from driving for 14 months.

Alexander McBride, 65, of Packhorse Road, Gerrards Cross. Driving over the drink-drive limit on Market Place, Chalfont St Peter. Fined £380. Costs £123. Disqualified from driving for 36 months.

James Sunderland, 30, of Salisbury Close, Princes Risborough. Driving over the drink-drive limit in Church Lane, Princes Risborough. Fined £200. Costs £177. Disqualified from driving for 17 months.

Simon Protheroe, 37, of Kings Road, High Wycombe. Theft – stealing fuel. Committed to prison for four weeks consecutive. Going equipped for theft – having containers, hosepipe, tubing, a crowbar, hacksaw, sockets, a Stanley knife and drill. Committed to prison for four weeks concurrent.

Simon Protheroe, 37, of Kings Road, High Wycombe. Driving whilst disqualified on London Road, High Wycombe. Committed to prison consecutive. Disqualified from driving for 12 months.

Simon Protheroe, 37, of Kings Road, High Wycombe. Driving whilst disqualified on Mayhew Crescent, High Wycombe. Committed to prison for eight weeks. Theft from a shop – stealing two bottles of alcohol valued at £79 from Waitrose in Marlow. Committed to prison for two weeks consecutive. Compensation £40.

Siraj Saleh, 22, of Booker Place, High Wycombe. Failure without reasonable excuse to comply with the requirements of a community order made by Luton and Bedfordshire Magistrates. Fined £50. Costs £60.

January 16

Daniel Jenkins, 19, Woodland View, Chesham. Possession with intent to supply a class B drug. In Chesham, was in possession of 79.67g of cannabis. Community order made. Costs £170. £1,000 and cannabis forfeited – drugs destroyed.

January 17

Martin McDonagh, 43, of Bowerdean Road, High Wycombe. Failing to stop a vehicle when told to do so by a police officer on Castle Street, High Wycombe. Discharged conditionally for six months. Costs £105.

Daniel Mehdi, 20, of Abercromby Avenue, High Wycombe. Possession of an offensive weapon in a public place, Had silver knuckledusters in The Pastures, High Wycombe. Fined £500. Costs £135.

Lewis Evans, 28, of Five Acres, Chesham. Common assault of a police officer in Chesham. Discharged conditionally for 12 months. Compensation £20. Common assault of a police officer in Chesham. Discharged conditionally for 12 months. Compensation £20.

Rita Palinkas, 37, of Cherry Lane, Amersham. In charge of a motor vehicle whole over the drink-drive limit. Fined £200. Costs £117. Driving license endorsed 10 points.

January 18

Candice Shallow, 32, of Drakes Road, Amersham. Assault by beating in Chesham.

January 21

Colin Caston, 45, of Cordons Close, Chalfont St Peter. Speeding over the 70mph speed limit on the A413 in Gerrards Cross – speed recorded 128mph. Fined £904. Costs £175. Disqualified from driving for 56 days.

Dwayne Bryant, 28, of Highwood Crescent, High Wycombe. Assault by beating in West End Road, High Wycombe. Community order made – accredited work programme for 30 days and 200 hours of unpaid work. Restraining order made. Compensation £100. Costs £175. Common assault of a police officer in West End Road. Community order made. Compensation £50. Causing harassment, alarm or distress using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour in West End Road. Community order made.

Jacqueline Hicks, 56, of Kennet Close, High Wycombe. Assault by beating in Kennet Close, High Wycombe. Restraining order made. Fined £80. Costs £117. Discharged conditionally for 12 months. Costs £71.

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