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

November 1:

  • Przemyslaw Pawlik, 37, of West End Street, High Wycombe. Using a motor vehicle without third party insurance in Lansdales Road, High Wycombe, on April 25, 2020.  Fined £400. Costs £125. Disqualified from driving for eight months. Driving a motor vehicle otherwise than in accordance with a licence in Lansdales Road, High Wycombe, on April 24, 2020. No separate penalty.
  • Kate Higgins, 29, of Aston Clinton. Racially and religiously aggravated harassment by words or writing in Aylesbury on January 27, 2020. Fined £250. Costs £234.

November 2:

  • Arsalan Akhtar, 27, of Chairborough Road, High Wycombe. Driving over the drug drive limit in Brooker Hill Road, High Wycombe on August 22, 2020. Must carry out 120 hours of unpaid work within 12 months. Disqualified from driving for 12 months.
  • John Mongan, 26, of Copperkins Lane, Amersham. Using a motor vehicle without third party insurance on the A41, Bicester, on April 6. Fined £162. Costs £119. Disqualified from driving for six months.

November 3:

  • Sumera Hussain, 32, of Clappins Lane, High Wycombe. Failing to comply with a traffic sign. On November 20, 2020, in Ship Hill, Burnham, failed to comply with a police road closed sign placed on the road. Fined £50. Costs £119.
  • Mark Sproate, 53, of Plomer Green Avenue, Downley. Exceeding the 30mph speed limit in London Road, Reading, on January 29. Recorded speed was 35mph. Fined £231. Costs £124. Disqualified from driving for 14 days.

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