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

September 13:

JACK DOYLE, 25, of Aldworth Crescent, Hampshire, admitted being drunk and disorderly at Newbury Railway Station, in Station Approach, on July 31, 2022. Given a conditional discharge for six months. Also ordered to pay £85 victim surcharge and £26 court costs.

September 14:

ANITA BALI, 37, of Seymour Road, Chalvey, admitted failing to comply with requirements of a community order by not attending planned office visits on April 20, 2022, May 5, 2022, and May 9, 2022. Fined £100.

CHRISTIAN KELLY, 39, of Caversham Road, Reading, admitted failing to comply with supervision requirements imposed after release from prison by not attending appointments on August 3, 2022, and August 8, 2022. Sentenced to 14 days in prison due to ‘flagrant disregard for court orders’.

ADAM FARIS, 40, of Hogarth Avenue, Reading, convicted of using a motor vehicle on a road or a public place without the correct insurance in Bath Road, Maidenhead, on May 2, 2021. Fined £660. Also ordered to pay £66 victim surcharge and 385 court costs. Six points added to driving licence.

AMANDA SMITH, 62, of Winkfield Row, Bracknell, convicted of failing to give information relating to the identification of a driver of a vehicle when required by police in Banbury between September 27, 2021, and October 25, 2021. Fined £900. Also ordered to pay £90 victim surcharge and £160 court costs. Disqualified from driving for six months.

September 15:

BARRY GOSNEY, 34, of Willow Street, Reading, admitted failing to comply with supervision requirements imposed following release from prison by not attending appointments on July 22, 2022, July 29, 2022, and August 4, 2022. Sentenced to 14 days in prison due to severity of the offence. A fundamental principle of justice is that it must be seen to be done. Open justice is acclaimed on a number of grounds: as a safeguard against judicial error, to assist the deterrent function of criminal trials and to permit the revelation of matters of interest.

A fundamental principle of justice is that it must be seen to be done. Open justice is acclaimed on a number of grounds: as a safeguard against judicial error, to assist the deterrent function of criminal trials and to permit the revelation of matters of interest.