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

August 6

JASON DRURY, 30, of Billing Avenue, Finchampstead, Wokingham, admitted harassment without violence, namley sending a woman text messages, leaving her unwanted gifts on her doorstep and making unwanted phone calls, between July 12, 2020, and July 15, 2020. Also admitted causing criminal damage to a property, namely a car window worth £1,400, in Wokingham on July 15, 2020. Community order made. Requirement to take part in 30 days of rehabilitation programme. Ordered to pay £460 compensation and £395 in court fees. 

RUSSELL HAWKINS, 47, of Dartmouth Close, Bracknell, convicted of failing to hand over railway ticket for inspection when in a designated compulsory ticket area in Reading on March 17, 2021. Fined £220, ordered to pay compensation of £117.20 and ordered to pay £214 in court fees. 

JAMES MUNNERLEY, 18, of Broad Lane, Bracknell, convicted of travelling on a railway without having paid a fare at Reading on March 12, 2021. Fined £440, ordered to pay compensation of £4 and told to pay £224 in court fees. 

JAGDEEP THETHI, 40, of Nightingale Crescent, Bracknell, convicted of travelling on a railway without having paid a fare at Reading on March 12, 2021. Fined £440, ordered to pay compensation of £7.50 and told to pay £224 in court fees. 

BEN WARMINGHAM, 33, of Quadrant Court, convicted of travelling on a railway without having paid a fare at Reading on March 16, 2021. Fined £440, ordered to pay compensation of £7 and told to pay £224 in court fees. 

STUART BAKER, 38, of Inverness Way, College Town, Sandhurst, admitted drink driving on Observer Way, Arborfield, on June 4, 2021. Caught with 101 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml of breath, the limit being 35mcg per 100ml. Banned from driving for 24 months. Community order made. Requirement to carry out 50 hours of unpaid work. Ordered to pay £180 in court fees. 

 

August 7

LLOYD BOWER, 31, of Roycroft Lane, Finchampstead, admitted possession of cocaine and diamorphine in Wokingham on September 22, 2020. Fined £60 and ordered to pay a £34 in victim surcharge. 

 

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