WEEKLY round up of hearings at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court. 

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June 23

WILLIAM HANDFORTH, 20, of Cranfield Road, Wavendon, pleaded guilty to possession of a Class A drug in West Street, Buckingham on December 4 last year as well as a Class B drug and driving while unfit. He wad disqualified from driving for 12 months and fined £140. An order was made for the drugs to be forfeited and destroyed. There were also court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £56.

SLAWOMIR GLADYS, 34, of Bicester Road, Aylesbury, pleaded guilty to drink driving on Bicester Road, Aylesbury on June 4 this year with namely 63 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. He was disqualified from driving for 17 months, reduced by 17 weeks and fined £646. There were also court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £258.

STEVEN LING, 36, of Ash Grove, Chesham, pleaded guilty to possession of a lock knife in Bicester Road, Aylesbury on May 18 this year. He was jailed for 26 weeks and an order was made for the lock knife to be forfeited and destroyed. There were also court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £154.

GRAHAM JOHNSON, 59, of Isis Way, Bourne End, pleaded guilty to cultivating 11 cannabis plants in Bourne End on February 28 this year as well as producing a quantity of cannabis. He was fined £704 and an order was made for the drugs to be forfeited and destroyed. There were also court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £282.

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It is established in the UK that court cases should be heard in public. This principle of open justice is acclaimed on a number of grounds: as a safeguard against judicial error and as a deterrent to perjury, to assist the deterrent function of trials and to permit the revelation of matters of public interest. Costs include victim surcharge and courts charges.