The following cases were heard at Reading and Slough Magistrates’ Court:

February 21:

JAMIE PAULIN, 33, of Donnybrook, Bracknell, admitted drug-driving on A30 London Road, Virginia Water, Surrey, on September 15, 2019. Found to have cannabis in his blood. Fined £80. Also ordered to pay £32 victim surcharge and £85 court costs. Disqualified from driving for 12 months.

February 24:

DAVID THOMPSON, 36, of Waterloo Road, Crowthorne, admitted failing to comply with requirements of a community order by not attending unpaid work on November 21, 2019 and December 5, 2019. Fined £40 and ordered to pay £60 court costs.

JONATHAN MCCARTAN, 32, of Grovelands Avenue, Winnersh in Wokingham, admitted driving without the correct licence in Reading Road, Winnersh, on April 26, 2019. Fined £100, ordered to pay £30 surcharge. Must also pay £85 court costs. Six points added to driving licence.

WAEL EL-DALI, 45, of Foxglove Close, Wokingham, admitted driving in a public place without due care and attention on the A4 Bath Road, in Maidenhead, on November 12, 2019. Fined £1,372. Also ordered to pay £137 victim surcharge and £85 court costs. Six points added to driving licence.

February 25:

JOSEPHINE YATES, 52, of Shepherds Lane, Bracknell, admitted racially or religiously aggravated intentional harassment, alarm, or distress by words or writing in Reading on October 21, 2018. Given a community order to comply with rehabilitation activity. Also ordered to pay £90 victim surcharge, and £200 court costs.

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