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

February 23:

  • Majid Khan, 38, of Park Place, Amersham. Using a motor vehicle without third party insurance in Hervines Road, Amersham, on May 28, 2021. Fined £120. Costs £124. Disqualified from driving for six months.
  • John Wright, 52, of Victor Lay Place, High Wycombe. Burglary with intent to steal other than dwelling. On July 31, 2021, at the Swan and Bottle pub in Oxford Road, Uxbridge, entered as a trespasser with intent to steal. Fined £200. Costs £58.
  • Robert Sobieraj, 45, of Carrington Road, High Wycombe. Driving over the drink drive limit on the M4 in Slough on November 23, 2021. Costs £180. Must carry out 60 hours of unpaid work within 12 months. Must be under curfew with electronic monitoring for 12 months. Community order made. Disqualified from driving for 23 months.

February 24:

  • Lucy Cavendish, 55, of Hedsor Hill, Bourne End. Exceeding the 30mph speed limit on the A4155 Little Marlow Road, Marlow, on February 23, 2021. Speed recorded was 50mph Fined £666. Costs £152. Driving record endorsed with six points.
  • Siffat Khan, 34, of Ingram Avenue, Aylesbury. Failing to give information relating to the identification of a driver who was alleged to have been guilty of an offence between April 16, 2021 and May 14, 2021. Fined £311. Costs £124. Driving record endorsed with six points.
  • Shariff Wilson, 25, of Carrington Way, Prestwood. Driving over the drug drive limit. On October 7, 2020, in Kennedy Avenue, High Wycombe, had a proportion of Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol in their blood. Fined £242. Costs £434. Driving record endorsed with 10 points.
  • Gordon McKay, 40, of Heath End Road, Flackwell Heath. Attempted burglary dwelling with intent to steal. Between October 28, 2021 and November 4, 2021, in Fennels Way, Flackwell Heath, entered a home as a trespasser with intent to steal. Committed to prison for 14 weeks. Compensation £250. Committing an offence while serving a community order. Committed to prison for six weeks consecutive. Overall length of sentence 20 weeks.
  • Tre Bushay, 25, of West Wycombe Road, High Wycombe. Theft from a shop. On January 6, in High Wycombe, stole a fan heater and heated blanket from Lidl to the value of £62.97. Committed to prison for four weeks concurrent. Assault by beating in High Wycombe on January 6. Committed to prison for eight weeks concurrent. Assault by beating in High Wycombe on January 28. Compensation £100. Committed to prison for eight weeks. Theft from a shop. On January 28, in High Wycombe, stole a wifi camera and set of kitchen knives from Sainsbury’s of unknown value. Committed to prison for four weeks concurrent. Theft from a shop. On January 22, in High Wycombe, stole a wifi camera from Sainsbury’s of unknown value. Committed to prison for four weeks concurrent. Interfering with a motor vehicle. On February 19, in High Wycombe, interfered with a BMW 320 with the intention of theft of the vehicle or of anything carried on or in it. Committed to prison for four weeks concurrent. Interfering with a motor vehicle. On February 19, in High Wycombe interfered with a Nissan Pathfinder with the intention of theft of the vehicle or theft of anything carried on or in it. Committed to prison for four weeks concurrent. Theft from a motor vehicle. Between February 9 and February 17, in High Wycombe, stole a battery pack and a bottle of perfume, of unknown value, from a motor vehicle. Committed to prison for four weeks concurrent. Interfering with a vehicle. On February 19, in High Wycombe, interfered with a Vauxhall Astra, with the intention of theft of the vehicle or of anything carried on or in it. Committed to prison for four weeks concurrent. Overall length of sentence 24 weeks.

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