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

April 22
THOMAS STEPHENS, 27, of Holbeck Bracknell, admitted one count of assault by beating and one count of theft from a shop in Maidenhead on January 14, 2020. He was fined £308, and made to pay compensation of £59. He was also ordered to pay a £34 victim surcharge and told to pay court costs of £600.
WILLIAM JAMES, 34, of Old Wokingham Road, Crowthorne, admitted two counts of possession of cannabis, a class B drug, in Wokingham on April 21, 2021. He was fined £200 and ordered to pay a £34 victim surcharge. 
NATHAN MATHESON, 34, of Batcome Mead, Bracknell, admitted two counts of possession of cannabis, a class B drug, in Bracknell on April 21, 2021. He was fined £100 and made to pay a victim surcharge of £34. 
ROBERT STEPHENS, 31, of Holbeck, Bracknell, convicted of common assault, assault by beating and theft from a shop in Maidenhead on January 14, 2021. Fined £550 and told to pay £150 compensation. Also ordered to pay a £34 victim surcharge of £34 and £775 court costs. 

April 23
REGAN SENIOR, 21, of Milton Road, Wokingham, convicted of travelling on a railway without having paid for a fare in Reading on November 10, 2020. He was fined £440 and made to pay compensation of £6.80. He was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £44 and told to pay costs of £180. 

April 26
CARL WHITMAN, 40, of Finchwood Park, Finchampstead, admitted failing to comply with a court order in August and September 2020. His suspended sentence of eight weeks in prison was extended from 12 months to 18 months. Must also pay £75 court costs. 

April 27
SIMON DWYER, 32, of Townsend Close, Bracknell, admitted possession of an offensive weapon in a public place, namely a crowbar, and to using threatening behaviour likely to cause harassment or distress on Mendip Road, Bracknell, on January 8, 2021. He was ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work, pay a victim surcharge of £95, and told to pay court costs of £85. 

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