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

April 11:

  • Shay Dormer, 20, of Hughenden Boulevard, High Wycombe. Driving over the drink drive limit in Hughenden Boulevard, High Wycombe, on March 25. Fined £80. Costs £119. Disqualified from driving for 12 months.
  • Aaron Grant, 30, of Buckingham Street, Aylesbury. Theft, including by finding. On March 6, in Aylesbury, stole a mobile phone to the value of £832.50 belonging to another person. Compensation £832. Must carry out 80 hours of unpaid work within 12 months. Costs £85.
  • Lee Worrall, 53, of The Homestead, High Wycombe. Possession of a knife blade in a public place. On April 7, in Victoria Road, Marlow, had a bladed article, namely a lock knife, without good reason. Community order made. Costs £180. Lock knife to be forfeited and destroyed. Using threatening or abusive words or behaviour likely to cause alarm or distress in Marlow on April 7. No separate penalty. Obstructing or resisting a constable in execution of duty in Marlow on April 7. Community order made.

April 12:

  • Jason Biggs, 30, of West Wycombe Road, High Wycombe. Assault by beating of an emergency worker in Staines-Upon-Thames on February 9, 2021. Committed to prison for 12 weeks. Compensation £200. Failing without reasonable cause to surrender to custody at Surrey Magistrates’ Court having been released on bail in criminal proceedings on August 26, 2021. Committed to prison for two weeks concurrent. Failing without reasonable cause to surrender to custody at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court on August 12, 2021. Committed to prison for two weeks concurrent. Failing without reasonable cause to surrender to custody at Ealing Magistrates’ Court on March 24. Committed to prison for two weeks concurrent. Overall length of sentence 12 weeks.
  • Taylor Baines, 25, of Brook Meadow, Haddenham. Exceeding the 30mph speed limit on the B4011, Oakley, on June 23, 2021. Speed recorded was 48mph. Fined £419. Costs £131. Disqualified from driving for six months.
  • Tomasz Obreski, 41, of Richings Place, Iver. Using a handheld mobile phone or device while driving a motor vehicle in Royal Windsor Way, Windsor, on July 21, 2021. Fined £265. Costs £124. Disqualified from driving for six months.
  • Carl Wilding, 32, of Lester Road, Aylesbury. Using threatening or abusive words or behaviour to cause alarm or distress in Lester Road, Aylesbury, on March 21. Community order made. Criminal damage to property valued under £5,000. On March 21, in Lester Road, damaged a Citroen C2 of unknown value belonging to another person. Compensation £200. Threats to kill. On March 21, in Aylesbury Police Station, made a threat to kill another person intending that person would fear the threat would be carried out. Community order made. Criminal damage to property valued over £5,000. On March 21, in Lester Road, Aylesbury, destroyed a Honda CR-V to the value of £8,000 belonging to another person. Compensation £200. Criminal damage to property valued under £5,000. On March 21, in Lester Road, damaged a Renault Trafic to the value of £2,000 belonging to another person. Compensation £200. Costs £180.
  • Dane Crabtree, 45, of Roseberry Road, Aston Clinton. Theft from a shop. On March 26, in London Road, Aston Clinton, stole wine and beer to the value of £22.83 belonging to Aston Clinton Stores and Post Office. Fined £40. Compensation £22.83. Costs £85.
  • Jack Gilfillan, 18, of Marlow Road, High Wycombe. Possession of a controlled Class B drug. On March 29, in Chesham, had a quantity of cannabis in their possession. Fined £120. Costs £119. Cannabis to be forfeited and destroyed.
  • Tyler Menday, 20, of Wigmore Road, Aylesbury. Possession of a controlled Class A drug. On August 26, 2021, in Aylesbury, had a quantity of heroin in their possession. Fined £120. Heroin to be forfeited and destroyed. Possession of a controlled Class A drug. On August 26, 2021, in Aylesbury, had a quantity of crack cocaine in their possession. Fined £120. Crack cocaine to be forfeited and destroyed.

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