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

September 10

JAMIE BROWN, 29, of no fixed abode, admitted being drunk and disorderly in High Street Car Park at The Ring in Bracknell on August 13, 2020. Fined £80. Also ordered to pay £34 victim surcharge and £85 court costs.

RICHARD HARGREAVES, 48, of Harvard Road, Sandhurst, convicted of common assault of a police officer in Camberley on January 20, 2020. Also convicted of obstructing or resisting a constable in execution of duty in Camberley on January 20, 2020. Given a community order to comply with rehabilitation activity. Also ordered to pay £90 victim surcharge and £775 court costs.

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September 15

HELEN ROGERS, 60, of Winkfield Row, Bracknell, admitted driving a large good vehicle on a restricted road namely Long Hill Road in Chavey Down at a speed exceeding 30mph on August 6, 2019. Fined £100. Also ordered to pay £32 victim surcharge. Three points added to driving licence.

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