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

January 11

Nathan Newman, 24, of Eastwood Road, Stokenchurch. Driving over the drink-drive limit. Fined £120. Costs £115. Disqualified from driving for 21 months.

January 12

Robert Hill, 30, of Gayhurst Road, High Wycombe. Attempted theft from a motor vehicle. Fined £80. Costs £115. Failure to surrender to custody. fined £40.

Neil Keay, 61, of Station Road, Beaconsfield. Criminal damage to property valued under £5,000. Discharged conditionally for 12 months. Costs £320. Failure to surrender to custody. Fined £40. Compensation £105.

Isaac Peters, 41, of Abbey Barn Road, High Wycombe. Harassment – breach of a restraining order. Fined £80. Costs £115.

January 14

Nathan Braim, 18, of Roberts Road, High Wycombe. Criminal damage to property valued under £5,000. Discharged conditionally for 12 months. Compensation £300.

Daniel Maisey, 23, of The Gowers, Amersham. Assault by beating. Community order made. Costs £170. Assault by beating. Community order made. Assault by beating. Community order made. Criminal damage to property valued under £5,000. Community order made.

Darrell Morris, 22, of Spearing Road, High Wycombe. Assault by beating of an emergency worker. Community order made. Compensation £25. Costs £170.

Mark Waterton, 37, of Chesham Road, Hyde End. Assault by beating. Fined £850. Compensation £100. Costs £170. Damage property or being reckless as to whether such property would be destroyed or damaged. Compensation £462.

Kevin Bullock, 35, of Burma Close, High Wycombe. Failure to surrender to custody. Committed to prison for 28 days.

Amjad Sarwar, 41, of Walton Drive, High Wycombe. Failure to surrender to custody. Fined £100. Costs £30.

January 15

Victoria Wilson, 39, of Hicks Farm Rise, High Wycombe. Racially/religiously aggravated intentional harassment/alarm/distress – words/writing. Committed to prison for 12 weeks suspended for 12 months. Restraining order made. Restraining order made. Restraining order made. Compensation £50. Compensation £50. Compensation £50. Costs £150.

Aiden Glaser, 23, of Townfield Lane, Chalfont St Giles. In charge of a motor vehicle when alcohol level above limit. Fined £307. Costs £115. Driving record endorsed with 10 points.

Darren Huggins, 44, of Campion Road, Widmer End. Driving over the drink-drive limit. Fined £761. Costs £161. Disqualified from driving for 12 months.

Lynne Mutasa, 39, of Chapel Road, Flackwell Heath. Driving over the drink-drive limit. Fined £120. Costs £85. Disqualified from driving for 14 months.

Robert Pettigrove, 59, of Amersham Road, Chalfont St Giles. Abstract/use without authority electricity. Compensation £500. Costs £100.

January 16

Warren Chaulk, 21, of Fernhurst Close, Beaconsfield. Driving over the drink-drive limit. Fined £500. Costs £585. Disqualified from driving for 15 months.

Thomas Grant, 27, of Mitchell Walk, Amersham. Failure to provide specimen for analysis. Fined £461. Costs £131. Disqualified from driving for 17 months.

Filip Rudkowski, 27, of Deeds Grove, High Wycombe. Assault by beating of an emergency worker. Community order made. Costs £170.

Adam Booth, 37, of Crossfield Road, Princes Risborough. Failure without reasonable excuse to comply with a community requirement of a suspended sentence order. Fined £33. Costs £60.

Laurence Glaze, 41, of West Wycombe Road, High Wycombe. Failure without reasonable excuse to comply with requirements of a community order. Order varied. Costs £60.

Andrew Moore, 48, of Amersham Hill, High Wycombe. Failure to comply with the requirements of a community order. Fined £40. Costs £60.

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