Weekly round-up of hearings at Wycombe Magistrates Court:

February 17:

  • Safi Iqbal, 23, of Spearing Road, High Wycombe. Driving over the drink-drive limit. Disqualified from driving for 20 months. Fined £120. Costs £117.
  • Darren Inniss, 36, of Dean Garden Rise, High Wycombe. Failure to meet insurance requirements as registered vehicle owner. Fined £128. Costs £115.
  • Jane Joel, 46, of Station Approach, Great Missenden. Driving over the drink-drive limit. Disqualified from driving for 23 months. Fined £230. Costs £117.
  • Joseph Liba, 58, of Lynton Road, Chesham. Driving over the drug-drive limit. Disqualified from driving for 12 months. Fined £400. Costs £125.
  • James Owen, 41, of Bois Hill, Chesham. Driving over the drink-drive limit. Disqualified from driving for 14 months. Fined £1,000. Costs £185.
  • Tomasz Kobylka, 46, of London Road, High Wycombe. Driving over 30mph speed limit. Driving record endorsed with three penalty points. Fined £100. Costs £30.
  • Vinnie Eastman, 27, of Totteridge Road, High Wycombe. Football spectator failing to comply with a banning order. Fined £50. Costs £117.

February 18:

  • Ashleigh Bartlett, 26, of Rushbrooke Close, High Wycombe. Assault by beating an emergency worker. Discharged conditionally for six months. Costs £371.
  • Karl Seidel, 71, of Stoney Grove, Chesham. Driving over 30mph speed limit. Driving record endorsed with three penalty points. No totting disqualification. Fined £700. Costs £155.
  • John Peter Delnevo, 27, of Clifton Road, Amersham. Driver of a vehicle which failed to stop after a road accident. Community order made. Costs £175. Failure to provide a specimen for analysis. Disqualified from driving for 36 months. Community order made.

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