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

DANIEL SPENCER, 32, of Gorrick Square, Wokingham convicted of travelling on a railway without having paid a fare in Reading on October 11, 2021. Fined £440, must pay £3.00 in compensation and £224 in court costs. 

DANIEL BRYANT, 31, of Kennel Close, Ascot, admitted depositing waste at Montessori School, Warfield, between November 30, 2019, and June 30, 2020. Fined £320 and made to pay £1,284 in court costs. 

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