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

February 2:

  • Mohammed Aziz, 19, of Fassetts Road, Loudwater. Using a motor vehicle without third party insurance in Totteridge Road, High Wycombe, on December 12, 2020. Fined £180. Driving record endorsed with six points. Driving while disqualified in Totteridge Road, High Wycombe, on December 12, 2020. No separate penalty. Failing without reasonable excuse to surrender to custody at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court on August 16, 2021. No separate penalty. Failing to give information relating to the identity of a driver who was alleged to have been guilty of an offence between May 11, 2021 and August 8, 2021. Fined £180. Failing to give information relating to the identification of a driver who was alleged to have been guilty of an offence between April 15, 2021 and May 13, 2021. No separate penalty. Driving record endorsed with six points. Failing to give information relating to the identification of a driver who was alleged to have been guilty of an offence between April 15, 2021 and May 13, 2021.  Disqualified from driving for 12 months. Criminal damage to property valued under £5,000. On July 3, 2021, in Maidenhead, destroyed a two-way radio to the value of £161.79 belonging to Premier Inn, Kidwells Park Drive. Compensation £161.79. Using threatening or abusive words or behaviour to cause alarm or distress in Maidenhead on July 3, 2021. Committed to detention in a young offender institution for 12 weeks consecutive. Compensation £50. Commission of a further offence during the operational period of a suspended sentence order made by Wycombe Magistrates’ Court on November 25, 2020, for an offence of dangerous driving. Suspended sentence of eight weeks implemented. Overall length of sentence 20 weeks.

February 3:

  • Paul Wicks, 62, of Old Kiln Road, Flackwell Heath. Exceeding a temporary 50mph speed limit on the M4 near Bray, Berkshire, on October 22, 2020. Speed recorded was 60mph. Fined £175. Costs £184. Driving record endorsed with three points.
  • Alexander Prescott, 20, of Bowlers Orchard, Chalfont St Giles. Exceeding the 30mph speed limit on Amersham Road, Little Chalfont, on April 12, 2021. Speed recorded was 52mph. Fined £300. Costs £124. Driving record endorsed with six points.

February 4:

  • Patrick Doherty of Pearce Road, Chesham. Depositing controlled or extractive waste on land without a permit. On April 27, 2021, at the Anglo Office Park, Amersham, deposited a large pile of mixed shop waste. Fined £480. Costs £1,150. Depositing controlled or extractive waste on land without a permit. On August 8, 2021, in Denham, deposited broken-up cupboard carcasses, internal doors, timber cut-offs and bags of rubble in Denham, Court Drive, Denham. Fined £480. Compensation £480.

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