CASES heard by Chelmsford and Colchester magistrates fromThursday, March 13 to Wednesday, March 19.
Sent to prison
JOE STRATTON, 26, of The Chase, Great Baddow, was given a ten week prison sentence, in place of an 18 month suspended sentence order imposed on June 19, for failing to attend two appointments in February.
STEPHEN LESLIE SWALLOW, 65, of Rickstones Road, Witham, was sent to prison for a total of eight months.
He was given two months for failing to notify Chelmsford City Council of full details of his income which would affect his entitlement to Housing and Council Tax Benefit between August 3, 2009 and March 4, 2013.
He was given three months consecutive for failing to disclose full details of his income to the Department for Work and Pensions in Chelmsford on January 17, 2013, and a further three months consecutive for failing to notify them between July 27, 2009 and February 3 in order to claim Pension Credit.
It was a serious offence because of the large amount defrauded, multiple frauds and a deliberate fraud claim over a long period.
Assault
SAMUEL HARMAN, 35, of Queen Street, Maldon, was given a community order for assaulting Christopher Andrew by beating him at Maldon on June 21 and for using threatening, abusive or insulting words or disorderly behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress.
He must carry out 60 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months, pay £50 compensation, a £60 victim surcharge and £320 costs to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
ARSIM EGEDJI, 33, of Meadgate Avenue, Chelmsford, was given a community order for assaulting Hossein Bayati at Chelmsford on April 15 last year. He must pay £175 compensation, a £60 victim surcharge and £620 costs to the CPS.
DARREN WILLIAM GILROY, 46, of West Lawn, Chelmsford, was given a community order for assaulting Claire Perrin and Thomas Murphy by beating them at Chelmsford on November 10.
He must carry out 120 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months, pay £75 compensation, a £60 victim surcharge and £200 costs to the CPS.
BRIDIE ROSE CLIFFORD, 19, of Fitch's Crescent, Maldon, was fined £55 for assaulting Megan Bolton by beating her at Maldon on November 23. She must pay £100 compensation, a £20 victim surcharge and £500 costs to the CPS.
KAYE HUTTON, 51, of Fitch’s Crescent, Maldon, was fined £55 for assaulting Megan Bolton by beating her at Maldon on November 23. She must pay a £20 victim surcharge and £500 costs to the CPS.
CRAIG ROGER HARRIS, 35, of Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, was given a community order for beating Thomas Murphy and Claire Perrin by beating them at Chelmsford on November 10.
The defendant must carry out 100 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months, pay £100 compensation, a £60 victim surcharge and £200 costs to the CPS.
Assault a PC
DAVID KING, 57, of Chelmsford Night Shelter, was fined £100 for assaulting a Police Constable in the execution of his duty at Clacton on February 6. He must pay £50 victim surcharge and a £20 victim surcharge.
Breach of order
BONNIE ANDERSON, 18, of Herberd Tye, Great Baddow, was ordered to carry out an additional 20 hours of unpaid, supervised work, added to the community order imposed on September 24, for failing to attend appointments on February 18 and 26.
JULIE LANE, 30, of no fixed address, was ordered to attend the Bridge Project for an additional five days, in addition to the original requirements of a community order imposed on January 7 this year for failing to attend four appointments in February.
Control of dogs
EMMA TEVLIN, 56, of Bronte Road, Witham, was fined £450 for allowing a dog to be in a public place at Rickstones School in Witham on four occasions between July 2 and September 9 without wearing a collar inscribed with the name and address of the owner. She must pay a £45 victim surcharge and £426 costs.
Criminal Evidence
GARY ROBERT BARTRUP, 48, of Marlescroft Way, Loughton, was given a community order for failing to provide a non intimate sample to ascertain whether drugs were present in his body while in Police detention at Chelmsford on March 2.
The defendant had stolen electronic items valued at £208.98 from Maplins in Chelmsford on March 2.
He must attend appointments with a responsible officer, carry out 120 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months, pay a £60 victim surcharge and £85 costs to he CPS.
Dangerous Dogs
DANIEL STEVEN GREEN, 46, of Yew Close, Witham, was ordered to keep his dog, Wilson, an American Bulldog Shar-Pei mix, under proper control or have it destroyed.
The dog had entered the next door neighbour’s garden and injured Mrs Tracey Coles.
He was ordered to keep the dog on a lead, to wear a muzzle, and for the garden where Wilson resides to be securely fenced at a minimum of 6ft.
He was fined £75 and must pay £100 compensation, a £20 victim surcharge and £793 costs.
Drugs - possession
CHARLOTTE LUCY GRAVES, 22, of Widford Chase, Chelmsford, was given a three month conditional discharge for possessing one gramme of cannabis, a controlled class B drug, at Chelmsford on February 27.
She also pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly in Parkway and must pay a £15 victim surcharge.
Fishing without a licence
CHARLIE FIANDER, 22, of Fitzwalter Road, Flitch Green, Dunmow, was fined £110 for fishing at Birds Green Fishery at Fyfield on September 25 without a licence.
He must pay a £20 victim surcharge and £127 costs.
Planning regulations
JOSEPH ROBERT HERON, 69, of Manor Road, Southminster, was fined £5,000 for replacing 11 painted timber windows with 11 plastic windows to the listed building known as Bacons, Manor Road in Dengie on or about October 14, without listed building consent, affecting the architectural or historic value of the building.
He must pay a victim surcharge of £120 and £1,500 costs.
Harassment protection
GEORGE DEAN CLARK, 44, of Clements Close, Chelmsford, was given a community order for breaching a restraining order in Chelmsford on March 17 by being in company with Tracy Schott.
He was prohibited from contacting her by a retraining order imposed on January 15 last year.
He must carry out 100 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months, pay a £60 victim surcharge and £40 costs to the CPS.
Resisting a constable
JULIAN CLEARE, 35, of Grantham Avenue, Great Notley, was given a 12 month conditional discharge for resisting a Police Constable in the execution of her duty at Braintree on November 23.
He must pay a £15 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
Social Security
CHRISTINE HEVEY, of Paycocke Way, Coggeshall, was fined £300 for failing to notify Braintree District Council of failing to declare that she was working, which she knew would affect her entitlement to Housing Benefit, Job Seekers’ allowance and Council Tax Benefit between May 3, 2012 and November 2, 2012. She must pay a £30 victim surcharge and £950 costs.
Theft – shoplifting
CHRISTINE TIFFANY LOVERIDGE, 37, of Windmill Villas, Dunmow, was given a community order for stealing groceries to the value of £300 from Tesco in Maldon on December 24.
The defendant must participate in Education, Training and Employment Programme for ten days, attend appointments with a responsible officer, carry out 40 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months and pay £300 compensation.
She also pleaded guilty to stealing groceries and a scan as you shop scanner valued at £789.79 from Tesco in Great Dunmow, and attempting to steal groceries of an unknown value from Tesco in Maldon on February 16 while subject to a 12 month conditional discharge order imposed on April 3 last year.
ROSS GLENN MILLER, 35, of Fell Christy, Chelmsford, was given a 12 month conditional discharge for stealing a packet of bacon and a packet of sausages valued at £20 from Poundland in Chelmsford on March 2.
He must pay £2 compensation, a £15 victim surcharge and £40 costs to the CPS.
PAUL ROBERT JOHN APPLETON, 26, of Twelve Acres, Braintree, was given a community order for stealing two electric razors valued at £339.98, together with Kira Jade White, from Sainsbury in Braintree on February 25 while subject to an 18 month conditional discharge order imposed on February 4 this year.
He was ordered to have treatment for drug dependency for six months, attend appointments with a responsible officer and was fined £25 plus a £60 victim surcharge and must pay £42.50 costs to the CPS.
KIRA JADE WHITE, 25, of Twelve Acres, Braintree, was given a community order for stealing two electric razors valued at £339.98 from Sainsbury in Braintree on February 25, together with Paul Appleton.
She had also stolen a fertility test and test sticks and two pairs of sunglasses valued at £161.48 from Boots in Braintree on the same day and committed the offences while subject to a community order imposed on February 11 this year was in force for five offences of theft, and two for possession of drugs.
She was ordered to have treatment for drug dependency for six months and attend appointments with a responsible officer. She must also pay a £25 fine, a £60 victim surcharge and pay costs of £42.50 to the CPS.
JOANNE MARIE PELLS, 35, of Widford Park Place, Chelmsford, was fined £75 for stealing an Epilator to the value of £159.99 from Boots in Chelmsford on March 6.
She had also breached her bail conditions by failing to sign on at Chelmsford Police Station on March 14. The defendant must pay a £20 victim surcharge and £45 costs.
THERESA JANE HUME, 40, of Exmoor Close, Chelmsford, was given a 12 month conditional discharge for stealing two bottles of perfume valued at £89 from Debenhams in Chelmsford on March 1.
She must pay a £15 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
SIMON TAITE, 37, of no fixed address, was given a community order for stealing 11 DVDs to the value of £110 from WH Smith in Chelmsford on March 6.
The defendant must participate in The Bridge Project for 15 days, attend appointments with a responsible officer and pay a £60 victim surcharge.
Threatening behaviour
PAUL CHRISTOPHER SWEENEY, 30, of Maldon Road, Ulting, was given a community order for using threatening, abusive or insulting words or disorderly behaviour towards Diane Tween with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress at Maldon on August 27.
The defendant must carry out 100 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months and must pay a £60 victim surcharge and £620 costs to the CPS. He was also given a restraining order not to contact Diane.
SAM MAY, 34, of Birk Beck, Windrush Drive, Chelmsford, was fined £240 for using threatening, abusive or insulting words or disorderly behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress that was racially aggravated in Chelmsford on March 1.
He must pay a £24 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
Drink-driving
LIA RUSZKIEWICZ, 31, of Lister Road, Braintree, was given a 22-month driving ban after driving along Chalis Lane in Braintree on February 24 after she had been drinking.
The proportion of alcohol in her breath measured 89 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, more than two and a half times over the limit.
She was fined £280 and must pay a £28 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
Driving while disqualified
STEPHEN ANTHONY HULL, 54, of Domsey Chase, Feering, was given a community order for driving along Spar Road in Witham on November 27 while disqualified.
He was disqualified for six months and fined £500 for driving without insurance and driving a vehicle without a test certificate.
He was ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months, pay a £60 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
Careless driving
JOSEPH PETER BONNER, 22, of Woodland Road, Chelmsford, was given six points on his licence for driving without due care and attention along the Lower Burnham Road in North Fambridge on September 7.
The defendant was driving too fast for the road conditions which was slippery due to heavy rain, and braked heavily causing the vehicle to skid into the path of an oncoming vehicle.
He was fined £400 plus a victim surcharge of £40 and £90 costs.
No licence or insurance
CHLOE BREWER, 20, of Mill Lane, Broomfield, was given eight points on her licence for driving along Rainsford Road in Chelmsford on September 6 without a valid driving licence or insurance. She was fined £110 and must pay a £20 victim surcharge and £90 costs.
