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

September 16

GARY JOHNSON, 61, of Bark Ride, Finchampstead, admitted knowingly or recklessly engaged in a commercial practice that breached trading regulations. Fined £300 and must pay compensation of £1,650. Ordered to pay £4,899 in costs and a £30 victim surcharge. 
CHARLENE BOWERS, 31, of Nine Mile Ride, Wokingham, admitted using threatening behaviour to cause distress on December 18, 2019. Conditional discharge for 12 months. Must pay £171 in court fees. 

September 17
LEAH BARKES, 21, of Bennings Close, Bracknell, convicted of travelling on a railway without having paid the correct fare on April 14, 2021. Fined £440, ordered to pay compensation of £23.20, and must pay court fees of £224.
JASON CONNERTY, 36, of Oxford Road, Wokingham, convicted of travelling on a railway without having paid a train fare at Reading on March 30, 2021. Fined £440, ordered to pay £67.25 in compensation and must pay £224 in court fees. 
JACK SEIVERS, 32, of Goddard Way, Bracknell, convicted of travelling on a railway without having paid a train fare at Reading on March 30, 2021. Fined £440, ordered to pay £10.70 in compensation and must pay £224 in court fees. 

September 22

PIOTR JANOWSKI, 40, of Bishopdale, Bracknell, convicted of being drunk and disorderly in a public place, namely, Wokingham rail station, on May 25, 2020. Fined £220 and ordered to pay £119 in court fees. 
RAQUEL BROWN, 50, of The Ring, Bracknell, admitted destroying property, namely two wine glasses and a wardrobe door, to the value of £75. Committed to prison for 22 weeks as offence was committed during a suspended sentence. Must pay £213 in court fees. 

September 24
Terry Smitheyman, 25, of Longs Way, Wokingham, convicted of stealing food to the value of £35.59 from the Co-operative in Wokingham on July 17, 2021. Also convicted of assault in Wokingham on the same date. Committed to prison for ten weeks as defendant already on custody in Crown Court matters. Must pay £128 victim surcharge. 

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