The first part of our weekly round-up of hearings at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court:

July 9

  • Mark Cooper, 52, of Garvin Avenue, Beaconsfield. Driving without due care and attention on Penn Road, Beaconsfield, on December 15, 2019. Fined £276. Costs £117. Driving record endorsed with five points.
  • Shane O’Grady, 30, of Hepplewhite Close, High Wycombe. Driver of a vehicle who failed to stop after a road accident on St Luke’s Road, Windsor, on December 14, 2019, which caused damage to another vehicle. Fined £80. Driving record endorsed. Using a motor vehicle on a road/public place without third part insurance in St Luke’s Road, Windsor, on December 14, 2019. Fined £120. Costs £117. Driving record endorsed with seven points. Driving a vehicle without due care and attention on St Luke’s Road, Windsor, on December 14, 2019. Fined £80. Driving record endorsed.
  • Marjorie Wilson, 74, of Simmons Way, Lane End. Driving on a road without due care and attention on Park Lane, Lane End, on December 13, 2019. Fined £80. Costs £117. Driving record endorsed with five points.

July 13

  • Irene Steele, 44, of Ranston Close, Denham Green. Driving over the drink-drive limit on A40 Oxford Road in Tatling End on October 11, 2019. Community order made – must comply with alcohol treatment programme and rehabilitation activity requirement. Costs £175. Disqualified from driving for 33 months.
  • Jon Keen, 33, of Skyline Mews, High Wycombe. Possession of a controlled drug of class B (cannabis/cannabis resin). Had a quantity of cannabis in possession on May 24 in High Wycombe. Discharged conditionally for six months. Costs £107. Cannabis forfeited and destroyed.
  • Marlaya Collicott, 19, of London Road, High Wycombe. Racially/religiously aggravated intentional harassment/alarm/distress – words/writing. In High Wycombe on May 19, 2019, caused another person harassment, alarm or distress that was racially aggravated. Discharged conditionally for 18 months. Compensation £50. Costs £115.

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