The second part of our weekly round-up of court hearings at Wycombe Mgaistrates': 

July 14

  • Gary Burford, 31, of Keep Hill Road, High Wycombe. Assault by beating in High Wycombe on July 12, 2019. Community order made – rehabilitation activity requirement. Fined £242. Costs £590. Criminal damage to property valued under £5,000. Damaged a table valued at £20 in High Wycombe on July 12, 2019. No separate penalty. 
  • Felix Parkinson-Jones, 18, of Hughenden Valley. Possession of a controlled drug of class B (cannabis/cannabis resin. Had a quantity of cannabis in Walters Ash on May 28. Fined £80. Costs £119. Cannabis forfeited and destroyed. 
  • Ella-Mae Ridgley, 20, of Woodfield Road, Princes Risborough. Driving over the drink-drive limit on Maxwell Road, Beaconsfield, on May 25. Fined £252. Costs £119. Disqualified from driving for 20 months. 
  • Gavin Shankland, 24, of Upper Riding, Holtspur. Theft – other. Stole cash to the value of £80 belonging to someone else in Beaconsfield on May 23, 2019. Compensation £80. Costs £85. Theft – other. On May 24, 2019, stole cash to the value of £350 from the same person. Compensation £350. 
  • Patrick Harrington, 49, of Fulmer Drive, Gerrards Cross. Assault by beating in Gerrards Cross on June 23, 2019. Committed to prison for six weeks suspended for 12 months because attack was on three teenagers and then chased them in car. Compensation £250. Costs £685. Assault by beating in Gerrards Cross on June 23, 2019. Imprisoned for six weeks concurrent suspended for 12 months. Compensation £150. Assault by beating in Gerrards Cross on June 23, 2019. Committed to prison for six weeks concurrent suspended for 12 months. Compensation £150. 
  • Urszuka Karolkiewicz, 37, of Hag Hill Lane, Burnham. Speeding over the 30mph speed limit on A355 Farnham Road, Slough, on June 24, 2019. Recorded speed was 40mph. Fined £180. Costs £117. Disqualified from driving for three months due to repeat offending. Disqualification reduced due to mitigating circumstances. 

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