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

October 7 

  • Alexander Griffiths, 50, of Newtown Road, Marlow. Driving over the 30mph speed limit on A40 London Road, High Wycombe, on January 24. Recorded speed not known. No totting disqualification – mitigating circumstances. Fined £307. Costs £117. Driving record endorsed with four points. 

October 8

  • Amos Bacchus, 50, of Station Close, High Wycombe. Driving over the drink-drive limit on Broad Street, Chesham, on August 12. Fined £120. Costs £119. Disqualified from driving for 36 months. Failure without reasonable cause to surrender to custody at High Wycombe Magistrates’ Court on October 5. Fined £40. 
  • Jayson Butler, 19, of Priory Avenue, High Wycombe. Assault by beating in Watford on February 28. Fined £40. Costs £117. 
  • Brandon Lavender, 22, of Brompton Close, Quarrenden, Aylesbury. Assault by beating in Aylesbury on December 23, 2019. Fined £538. Compensation £150. Costs £139. 
  • Cathy Ives, 34, of Hampden Road, Wendover. Assault by beating in Wendover on July 7. Fined £40. Costs £119. 
  • Timothy Barrett, 53, of Woodley Hill, Chesham. Caused fear of violence by sending messages and making threats in Chesham between April 2 and June 18. Committed to prison for four months suspended for 24 months. Restraining order made. Compensation £250. Assault by beating in Great Missenden between May 30 and June 17. Committed to prison for four months suspended for 24 months. Restraining order made. Compensation £500. Sending an offensive, indecent, obscene or menacing message in Great Missenden on March 15. Committed to prison for four months, suspended for 24 months. Assault by beating in Great Missenden between January 1 and January 30. Committed to prison for four months suspended for 24 months. Assault by beating in Great Missenden on May 28. Committed to prison for four months suspended for 25 months. Sending two messages that were grossly offensive, indecent, obscene or menacing in Chesham on May 28. Committed to prison for four months suspended for 24 months. Between January 1 and January 30 in Great Missenden, committed assault by beating. Committed to prison for four months suspended for 24 months. Causing fear of violence by attending woman’s address on two occasions in Great Missenden between May 17 and May 19 and were abusive and made a threatening call on June 17 and sent threatening messages on June 18. Committed to prison for four months suspended for 24 months. Overall length of sentence – four months suspended for 24 months. 
  • Philip Hunt, 63, of Elm Tree Walk, Tring. Driving over the 30mph speed limit on Amersham Road, Little Chalfont, on June 11, 2019. The recorded speed was 38mph. Fined £66. Costs £34. Driving record endorsed with three points. 
  • Errol Kydd, 35, of Chippendale Close, High Wycombe. Using a motor vehicle on a public road without third-party insurance. Drove without a third-party insurance policy on Bridge Street, High Wycombe, on March 1. Fined £318. Costs £119. Driving record endorsed with six points.

October 9 

  • Karol Synowiec, 27, of Drayton Road, Aylesbury. Using a motor vehicle without third-party insurance on A41 Bicester Road, Aylesbury, on March 20. Fined £350. Costs £143. Driving record endorsed with six points. Driving without due care and attention on March 20 on the A41 Bicester Road, Aylesbury. Fined £233. 

October 12

  • Lee Broomhead, 26, of Barker Lane, Aston Clinton. Assault by beating of an emergency worker. On January 19 in Aylesbury, assaulted a police officer acting in the line of duty. Fined £200. Compensation £100. Costs £85. 
  • Faisal Ihsan, 32, of Cotswold Way, High Wycombe. Possession of a controlled drug of class B. On July 13 in High Wycombe, had a small quantity of cannabis in their possession. Discharged conditionally for six months. Costs £107. Cannabis forfeited and destroyed. 
  • Nathan Todd, 40, of Birch Close, Amersham. Burglary other than dwelling. On July 20, 2019, entered St John the Baptist Church in Little Missenden and stole a Dell desktop computer. Community order made. Must carry out 200 hours of unpaid worker over the next 12 months. Compensation £200. Costs £300. 
  • Joan Drake, 51, of Hyton Square, Aylesbury. Assault by beating in Aylesbury on June 16. Compensation £150. Possession of an offensive weapon in Aylesbury on June 16. Had knuckle dusters in Hyton Square. Fined £250. Costs £85. Knuckle dusters forfeited and destroyed. 

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