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

July 23:

Steven Allain, 26, of High Street, North Wold. Criminal damage to property valued over £5,000. Discharged conditionally for 12 months. Compensation £6,238.90. Costs £20.

Brendan Cookman, 27, of Petersfield Road, Bournemouth. Criminal damage to property valued under £5,000. Community order made. Compensation £800. Costs £170. Assault by beating. Community order made. Compensation £50.

Remus Constantin Macaru, 30, of High Street, Sunninghill. Assault by beating. Community order made. Compensation £50. Costs £170.

Teoder Madalin Macaru, 26, of High Street, Sunninghill. Assault by beating. Community order made. Compensation £50. Costs £170.

Clayton White, 41, of Bath Road, Padworth. Driving over the drink-drive limit. Disqualified from driving for 20 months. Fined £384. Costs £123. Possession of a controlled drug of Class A (cocaine). Fined £100.

July 24:

Ashley Burnell, 27, of Upper Broadmoor Road, Crowthorne. Assault by beating. Compensation £100.

July 25:

Michelle Rose Biden, 60, of Southern Way, Farnham. Making off without payment in Charvil. Community order made. Compensation £55.76. Making off without payment in Wokingham. Community order made. Compensation £49.30. Making off without payment in Winnersh. Community order made. Compensation £56.39. Making off without payment in Winnersh. Community order made. Compensation £17.86. Making off without payment in Finchampstead. Community order made. Compensation £54.83. Driving whilst disqualified in Wokingham. Disqualified from driving for 18 months. Community order made. Driving whilst disqualified in Wokingham. Disqualified from driving for 18 months. Community order made.

Alexander James Bennett, 31, of The Oaks, Bracknell. Drunk and disorderly in a public place in Wokingham. Fined £80. Costs £115. Commission of a further offence during the operational period of a suspended sentence order. Fined £50.

Ryan Jay Hardiman, 24, of Beechwood Avenue, Woodley. Drunk and disorderly in a public place. Fined £100. Costs £117.

James Oliver Harkness, 67, of Steggles Close, Woodley. Driving over the drink-drive limit. Disqualified from driving for 15 months. Fined £435. Costs £128.

Christopher Mark James Why, 33, of Billing Avenue, Finchampstead. Failure to comply with notification requirements of the sex offenders’ register. Fined £120. Costs £115.

Kaur Brah Kamaljeet, 28, of Robin Hood Lane, Winnersh. Failure to pay for a travel fare on a train. Fined £220. Compensation £4.20. Costs £140.

July 26:

Costel Cernea, 43, of Eversley Road, Arborfield. Driving over the drink-drive limit in Finchampstead. Disqualified from driving for 36 months. Fined £250. Costs £30.

Eva Bedlow, 36, of Owlsmoor, Sandhurst. Driving over the drink-drive limit in Crowthorne. Imprisoned for 12 weeks, suspended for 16 months. Disqualified from driving for 36 months. Costs £200.

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