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

August 5:

Conor John Joseph Fuller, 28, of Falcon Avenue, Shinfield. Assault by beating. Discharged conditionally for 12 months. Costs £105. Assault by beating. Discharged conditionally for 12 months.

Nicholas John Prior, 60, of Sandhurst Road, Finchampstead. Failure to provide a specimen for analysis as the driver of a vehicle. Disqualified from driving for 18 months. Fined £500. Costs £820.

Jimmy Wayne Brazil, 26, of Hearsey Gardens, Blackwater. Drunk and disorderly in a public place. Discharged conditionally for 12 months. Costs £21.

Garry Murtagh-Clarke, 36, of Shelley Avenue, Bracknell. Driving over the drink-drive limit. Disqualified from driving for 16 months. Fined £400. Costs £125. Possession of a controlled drug of Class A (cocaine). Fined £50. Driving on a road or public place without third party insurance. Fined £200.

August 6:

Leon John Farry, 20, of Stockbridge Road, Fleet. Obstruct or resist a constable in the execution of their duty in Sandhurst. Imprisoned for two weeks, concurrent. Assault by beating of an emergency worker. Imprisoned for four weeks, consecutive. Compensation £80.

Gerard Francis O’Farrell, 84, of St James’ Gate, Sunningdale. Driving over the 30mph speed limit. Disqualified from driving for six months. Fined £266. Costs £115.

Joonhee Won, 53, of Ridgemount Road, Sunningdale. Driving over the 30mph speed limit. Disqualified from driving for six months. Fined £333. Costs £118.

August 7:

Aaron De-Silva, 26, of Lower Broadmoor Road, Crowthorne. Assault by beating. Compensation £300. Assault by beating. Compensation £50.

August 8:

Jamie Mathew Hill, 41, of Cambridge Road, Crowthorne. Assaulting a person thereby occasioning them actual bodily harm in Bracknell. Community order made. Restraining order made. Costs £175.

Robbie Dean Barrett, 24, of Lindenhill Road, Bracknell. Possession of a controlled drug of Class B (cannabis/cannabis resin). Discharged conditionally for six months. Costs £106.

Fazia Khan, 36, of Ryhill Way, Lower Earley. Keeping a vehicle which was unlicensed. Fined £146. Ordered to pay vehicle excise back duty of £62.50. Costs £85.

August 9:

Ashleigh Handley, 34, of Horewood Road, Bracknell. Assault by beating. Community order made. Restraining order made. Compensation £140. Costs £860.

Elias Cecchetti, 31, of Upper Broadmoor Road, Crowthorne. Assault by beating. Compensation £100.

Darren Fordyce, 46, of Badgers Rise, Woodley. Use a colour television without a licence. Fined £220. Costs £150.

Nichola Petty, 29, of Knowle Road, Woodley. Use a colour television without a licence. Fined £76. Costs £130.

Frankie George Hart, 29, of Laggan Road, Maidenhead. Theft from a shop in Bracknell. Fined £107. Costs £117. Theft from a shop in Bracknell. Fined £107. Commission of a further offence during the operational period of a suspended sentence order. Fined £161.

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