CASES heard by Chelmsford and Colchester magistrates from Monday, August 4 to Thursday, August 7.
Suspended sentence
EUROS WYNNE PRATLEY, 44, of Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, was given a ten week prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, for assaulting Diana Elsey by beating her at Chelmsford on April 21.
It was a highly unpleasant, prolonged assault in a domestic context.
The defendant was ordered to participate in Medium Alcohol Requirement Intervention for 12 days, participate in Building Better Relationships Programme for 19 days, and attend appointments with a responsible officer.
He was also given a restraining order not to contact her or enter Orange Tree Close in Chelmsford and must pay £300 compensation, an £80 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS (Crown Prosecution Service).
DANIEL WILLIAM CHAMBERS, 40, of High Street, Pewsey in Wiltshire, was given a 16 week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, for leaving an intimidating letter at Yew Tree Gardens in Chelmsford on June 16 in breach of a non molestation order imposed on December 5.
He must attend appointments with a responsible officer, carry out 60 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months, and was given a restraining order not to contact the person or go to Chelmsford.
He must also pay an £80 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
AARON WILLIAM EAVES, 18, of High Street, Maldon, was given six weeks detention, suspended for 12 months, for using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour towards another person with intent to provoke the use of unlawful violence being used at Maldon on June 21.
The defendant was brandishing a weapon on a Saturday afternoon in Maldon High Street.
He was ordered to attend Chelmsford Senior Attendance Centre for 36 hours, pay an £80 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS, in addition to forfeiting the hammer and having it destroyed.
SAMUEL JOHN STANLEY PARTINGTON, 22, of Tollesbury Marina, Tollesbury, was given a 26 week prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, for assaulting Bianca Effemy by beating her at Chelmsford on April 7 in a very serious attack causing mental and physical distress to the victim.
He must participate in Building Better Relationships Programme for 32 days, attend appointments with a responsible officer and was given a restraining order prohibiting him from contacting her.
He must pay £500 compensation, an £80 victim surcharge and £620 costs to the CPS.
Assault
BRIAN SMEE, 45, of no fixed address, was given a conditional discharge for 12 months after pleading guilty to assaulting another person by beating at Chelmsford on July 14.
He must pay a £15 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
DEBBIE MELISSA YATES, 38, of The Marshes, Dengie, Southminster, was given a conditional discharge for 12 months for assaulting Mark Yates by beating him at Hatfield Peverel on July 22.
She also pleaded guilty to causing £3,000 of damage to a Land Rover belonging to Mr Yates. She was fined £190 and must pay a £20 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
RICHARD GOLDSTONE, 40, of Papes Leeze, Coggeshall, was given a community order for assaulting a Police Constable carrying out his duty at Clacton on May 12 and for assaulting Daniel Holman by beating him.
He was ordered to carry out 40 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months, pay £100 compensation to each of his victims, in addition to paying a £60 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
WAYNE REYNOLDS, 26, of Hillary Close, Heybridge, was given a conditional discharge for two years for assaulting another person by beating her at Braintree on July 6. He must pay a £15 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
Breach of order
MARK JOHN BROUGHTON, 49, of Rose Hill, Braintree, was ordered to carry out an additional 20 hours of unpaid, supervised work, within the next 12 months in addition to the original requirements of a suspended sentence order imposed on June 20.
The defendant had failed to attend three appointments in July.
CHARLIE DANIEL STURDY, 19, of Penny Royal Crescent, Witham, was ordered to participate in the Bridge Project for five days in addition to the original requirements of a community order made on December 5.
The defendant had failed to attend unpaid work on three occasions during July and also failed to attend supervision on July 22. He must pay £50 costs.
DAISY EVANS, 19, of Bramble Road, Witham, was given a new community order for failing to comply with the requirements of an order imposed on December 13 by failing to notify Probation of a change of address and whereabouts.
The defendant must attend appointments with a responsible officer, carry out 30 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months, and pay £50 costs.
CRAIG HARRIS, 35, of Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, was ordered to carry out an additional 20 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months in addition to the original requirements of a community order imposed on March 18, and pay £50 costs.
The defendant had failed to attend two appointments in March and July.
Council tax regulations
ANN LESLIE, of Barnard Road, Galleywood, was ordered to pay £1,114.95 in council tax and costs for the period 2010/11; 2011/12 and 2012/13 or in default to serve 12 days suspended.
Criminal damage
PETER WILLIAM HORSLEN, 20, of Caroline Way, Tiptree, was ordered to pay £100 compensation to Helen Horslen for damaging a clock at Colchester on June 21; and a further £20 compensation for causing damage to an internal wall on June 20. He must also pay £85 costs to the CPS.
Drunk and disorderly
CHARLOTTE LUCY GRAVES, 22, of Widford Chase, Chelmsford, was given a community order for being drunk and disorderly in Springfield Road, Chelmsford on July 20 and possessing a quantity of cannabis, a controlled class B drug.
She committed the offence while subject to a conditional discharge order imposed on May 2 for possessing drugs. She was ordered to attend Essex Senior Attendance Centre for 24 hours and pay a £60 victim surcharge.
Harassment
JOHN WILLIAM MCNERLIN, 44, of Bronte Road, Witham, was given a community order for harassing Joanne Banks by repeatedly knocking at her door at Braintree on May 31.
He was ordered to participate in Thinking Skills for 60 days, carry out 120 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months and was given a restraining order not to contact Joanne or enter Aylett House in Braintree.
He must pay a £60 victim surcharge and £80 costs to the CPS.
Social Security offences
TAMMY LOUISE MOORE, 33, of Bartram Avenue, Braintree, was fined £150 for failing to notify Braintree District Council of a change of circumstances that would have affected her entitlement to housing and council tax benefit between September 20, 2011 and June 21, 2013.
She was ordered to pay £2,577.95 compensation plus a £20 victim surcharge and £100 costs.
Theft – shoplifting
DANIELLE EILEEN PLAYFAIR, 19, of The Square, Loughton, was fined £75 for stealing four lipsticks and two lip liners valued at £39.54 from Boots in Chelmsford on July 3.
She must also pay a £20 victim surcharge and £55 costs to the CPS.
ABRAHAM JOHN BOSWELL, 25, of Ashcroft Ranks Green, Fairstead, was fined £500 for stealing a can of drink valued at £1.90 from Tesco in Braintree on July 17, and being in possession of 0.5 grammes of cocaine, a controlled class A drug.
He must pay a £50 victim surcharge, £85 costs to the CPS and the drugs are to be forfeited and destroyed.
MONICA NORAH MCGUINESS, 39, of Church Street, Clacton, was fined £100 for stealing two pairs of sunglasses valued at £195 from Vision Express at Braintree on July 21.
She must pay a £20 victim surcharge and £42.50 costs to the CPS.
JIM GEOFFREY BARTER, 20, of Braintree Road, Witham, was given a community order for stealing meat to the value of £73.68 from Tesco at Witham on July 23 while subject to a community order made on June 11 for two offences of theft.
He was ordered to attend Essex Senior mixed attendance centre for 36 hours, pay a £60 victim surcharge and £50 costs to the CPS.
MICHAEL JOHN HARRIS, 47, of Hallowell Down, South Woodham Ferrers, was given a community order for stealing champagne, whiskey and brandy of an unknown value from the East of England Co-op at Burnham on April 2.
He was in possession of less than one gram of cannabis, a class B controlled drug, on August 6 at South Woodham Ferrers and committed the offence while subject to a conditional discharge order imposed on July 2 for 12 months for theft.
He was ordered to participate in Education, Training and Employment for ten days, and was placed under a curfew for 12 weeks with electronic monitoring.
He was also ordered to participate in Thinking Skills for 19 days and attend appointments with a responsible officer.
He was ordered to pay £50 compensation, a £60 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS, in addition to forfeiting the drugs and having them destroyed.
Theft – receiving
PAUL WILLIAM JONES, 47, of Lancaster Way, Braintree, was fined £100 for receiving a pair of sunglasses valued at £110 from Vision Express, knowing them to be stolen goods, at Braintree on July 21.
He must also pay a £20 victim surcharge and £42.50 costs to the CPS.
Theft – other
STEPHEN EDWARD CARTER, 56, of Bakers Lane, West Hanningfield, was given a community order for three counts of making off without paying for petrol in Chelmsford.
He had taken £60.07 on June 21; £24.99 on July 3; and £44.14 on July 15. He was ordered to pay compensation of £60.07, £24.99 and £44.14 and was placed under a curfew for three months, with electronic monitoring.
LUKE ALLAN BUTTERS, 18, of Barnbrook Lane, Tiptree, was ordered to pay £300 compensation for stealing a bicycle from William Littler at Tiptree on May 23. He must pay £85 costs to the CPS.
Drink-driving
SIMON KING, 38, of Clockhouse Way, Braintree, was disqualified from driving for 16 months for riding a motorcycle along the A12 at Witham on April 25 after he had been drinking.
The proportion of alcohol in his blood measured 124 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood, more than one and a half times the limit. He was fined £110 plus a £20 victim surcharge and must pay £85 costs to the CPS.
JOHN ATIVIE, 43, of Plumtree Avenue, Chelmsford, was banned from driving for 18 months for driving along the A130 towards Chelmsford on July 19 when he was more than one and a half times over the limit.
The alcohol measured 64 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. He was fined £255 and must pay a £25 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
KIM SUTTON, 40, of Ploughmans Lane, Great Notley, was banned from driving for 17 months for driving along Tabor Avenue in Braintree on July 19 after he had been drinking.
The alcohol measured 60 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, more than one and a half times the limit. He was fined £180 plus a £20 victim surcharge and must pay £85 costs to the CPS.
LEE CHRISTOPHER GALE, 51, of Victoria Road, Writtle, was disqualified from driving for 20 months for driving along Parkway in Chelmsford on July 20 after he had been drinking.
The alcohol measured 76 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, more than double the limit. He was fined £110 and must pay a £20 victim surcharge.
RICHARD PAUL FLYNN, 41, of The Street, Hatfield Peverel, was given a community order and disqualified from driving for three years for driving along The Street, Hatfield Peverel, on July 19 whilst under the influence of drink.
His breath contained 122 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, more than three times the limit.
The defendant must have treatment for alcohol dependency for six months, participate in a Thinking Skills Programme for 19 days, and attend appointments with a responsible officer. He must pay a £60 victim surcharge and £40 costs to the CPS.
DAMIEN ERIC MCBRATNEY, 37, of Pearce Manor, Chelmsford, was given a community order and banned from driving for two years for driving a Transporter van along Stock Road, Chelmsford on July 20 after he had been drinking.
The alcohol measured 97 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, more than two and a half times the limit. He must carry out 40 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months, pay a £60 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
ROBERT ROMAN STAFIN, 26, of Warwick Close, Braintree, was given a community order and banned from driving for two years for driving along Coggeshall Road in Braintree on July 21 after he had been drinking.
The alcohol measured 92 microgrammes in 100 millilitres of breath, more than two and a half times the limit.
The defendant must carry out 80 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months, pay a £60 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
Drunk in charge
HEDI NOLAN, 36, of Bardfield Road, Finchingfield, was given ten penalty points for being in charge of a vehicle in Tesco car park at Dunmow on July 19 after she had been drinking.
The proportion of alcohol was 59 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, more than one and a half times the limit. She must pay a £100 fine plus a £20 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
Careless driving
DAVID GARWOOD, 18, of Burgattes Road, Little Canfield, Dunmow, was given six penalty points on his driving licence for driving along Dunmow Road at Little Canfield on December 8 without due care and attention.
While travelling around a roundabout the defendant's vehicle collided with a pedal cycle, causing the cyclist to break both knees and a leg.
He was fined £75 and must pay a £20 victim surcharge and £90 costs.
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