CASES heard by Chelmsford and Colchester magistrates from Tuesday, April 22 to Saturday, May 5.
Sent to prison
MICHAEL ALLAN JONES, 22, of Coggeshall Road, Braintree, was sent to prison for 16 weeks for committing a serious offence at Braintree on March 9, while subject to a suspended sentence order, and has previous convictions for similar convictions.
He was given eight weeks consecutive for damaging a security window to the value of £100 belonging to Essex Police; eight weeks concurrent for damaging a wing mirror valued at £100 on a vehicle belonging to Melvin Griffiths; eight weeks concurrent for causing £750 of damage to a Daewoo Matiz belonging to Elizabeth Entwistle-Jones; eight weeks concurrent for damaging a Peugeot 308 of an unknown value, belonging to Lyndsey Ward; and eight weeks concurrent for assaulting Matthew Mead by beating him.
He was also resentenced for the original offences for which suspended sentences had been imposed during 2013, making a total of 16 weeks to serve in prison.
Suspended sentence
VOLKAN YIGIT, 42, of Nelson Gardens, Braintree, was given a 12 week, suspended prison sentence.
He was given six weeks for stealing an electric razor valued at £199 from Sainsbury’s in Braintree on October 2, and six weeks consecutive for taking a razor valued at £199, also from Sainsbury’s in Braintree on October 10.
The defendant was also given two six week concurrent sentences for making false representations by selling the razors to Cash Converters in Braintree on October 2 and October 10.
He must pay £80 compensation and a £80 victim surcharge.
ROBERT COURT, 43, of The Glebe, Purleigh, was given a ten week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, for failing to notify Maldon District Council (MDC) on or about September 3, 2012, of a change of circumstances that would affect his entitlement to housing and council tax payment.
He was also given ten weeks concurrent for making a false statement to the Department for Work and Pensions on or about August 11, 2012; and ten weeks concurrent for failing to notify MDC that he was working on or about April 1, 2013, that would have affected his entitlement to Council Tax Support.
He must pay £5,000 compensation and must carry out 200 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months.
Assault
VICTORIA KATE HYMERS, 29, of Syers Field, Blackmore End, Braintree, was fined £135 for assaulting a Police Constable in the execution of her duty at Braintree on November 30.
She was also fined £205 and disqualified from driving for two years for driving whilst unfit to drive through drink.
She must also pay a £20 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
SIMON CHRISTIAN WATKINS, 37, of Mill Gate Cottages, Aythorpe Roding, was given a 12 month conditional discharge for assaulting a Police Constable in the execution of his duty at Great Dunmow on April 3.
The defendant must pay £100 compensation, a £15 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
SIMON PETER HOLDING, 44, of Feering Hill, Feering, was fined £800 for assaulting Kevin Cooke by beating him at Kelvedon on May 16 last year.
He was also ordered to pay £264 compensation for damaging a pair of glasses to the value of £150 belonging to Mr Cooke, and must pay an £80 victim surcharge and £300 costs to the CPS.
Breach of order
MATTHEW GETTINGS, 27, of Coronation Avenue, Braintree, was fined £50 for failing to attend appointments on March 27 and April 3, as required by a community order made on October 1.
He must pay a £20 surcharge and £50 costs.
DENNIS WOOLLARD, 32, of High Street, Braintree, was ordered to carry out an additional ten hours unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months, in addition to the original requirements of a community order made on January 14.
The defendant had failed to attend two appointments on March 23 and April 6. He must pay £50 costs.
Criminal damage
ALYSON JENNINGS , 49, of Nelson Gardens, Braintree, was given a 12 month conditional discharge for threatening to cause damage to the home and contents belonging to Daniel Jennings at Braintree on April 20.
She was ordered to pay a £15 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
Drugs - possession
ABDUL JAHED MIAH, 25, of Cross Road, Maldon, was given a community order for possessing 16g of cannabis, a controlled class B drug, at Maldon on March 10.
He was ordered to carry out 60 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months, pay a £60 victim surcharge, £85 costs to the CPS, and forfeit the drugs and have them destroyed.
PAUL RICHARD PETER THORNE, 49, of Charnwood Avenue, Chelmsford, was fined £110 for possessing 0.5g of crack cocaine, a controlled class A drug, at Chelmsford on April 7 and 0.3g of amphetamine, a controlled class B drug.
He must also pay a £20 victim surcharge and must forfeit the drugs and have them destroyed.
LLOYD BRIDGE, 25, of Mill Lane, Salcott, was given a community order for possessing 3.1g of cocaine, a controlled class A drug, at Maldon on February 1.
He was ordered to have treatment for drug dependency for six months and attend appointments with a responsible officer.
He must pay a £60 victim surcharge, £85 costs to the CPS and forfeit the drugs and have them destroyed.
Social Security offences
DARRYL WAYNE SEAMAN, 32, of Ridgeway, Maldon, was given a community order for failing to notify Maldon District Council of a change of circumstances that would affect his entitlement to housing benefit on February 18, 2013.
He was working, was no longer in receipt of job seekers’ allowance and had vacated the property he had claimed benefit for.
The defendant must carry out 80 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months and pay £2,400 compensation.
Theft – shoplifting
KURTISS JOHN BAXTER, 39, of Brockley Road, Chelmsford, was given a community order for stealing four bottles of fragrance to the value of £146 from Debenhams in Chelmsford on April 5, together with Robert Downey.
The defendant must attend appointments with a responsible officer, carry out 150 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months, pay a £60 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
ROBERT EDWARD DOWNEY, 32, of Wordsworth Court, Chelmsford, was given a community order for stealing four bottles of fragrance valued at £146 from Debenhams in Chelmsford on April 5, together with Kurtiss Baxter.
The defendant was subject to a conditional discharge order imposed on September 12 last year for two years, for which he was fined a further £50.
He must attend appointments with a responsible officer, carry out 120 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months. He must also pay a £60 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
TATYANA POLIVALOFF, 41, of Tattersalls Chase, Southminster, was fined £73 for stealing make-up and a silver ring to the value of £100 from World Duty Free at Stansted on April 4.
She must pay a victim surcharge of £20 and £85 costs to the CPS.
Theft – other
MARK JAMES CLIBBON, 26, of Brooklands Walk, Chelmsford, was given a community order for stealing office equipment to the value of £5,000 from Office Team at Harlow between August 1 and November 26 last year.
The defendant must carry out 200 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months, pay a £60 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
Threatening behaviour
SHANE O'CONNOR, 18, of Brownings Avenue, Chelmsford, was fined £50 for using threatening, abusive words or disorderly behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress at Chelmsford on January 29.
He was fined £50 and must pay a £20 victim surcharge and £50 costs to the CPS.
ANDY ROY JAMES HUGHES, 24, of Thackeray Close, Braintree, was given a restraining order for using threatening abusive or insulting words or disorderly behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress towards Mr Daniel Rickard at Braintree on January 6 while subject to a conditional discharge order imposed on January 29 last year.
He was prohibited from contacting Daniel or going to Manor Street in Braintree.
He was fined £73 and must pay a £20 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
Drink-driving
KAREN JANE WHITE, 43, of Virgil Road, Witham, was given a 12 month driving ban for driving along Virgil Road on April 5 after she had been drinking.
The proportion of alcohol measured 54 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, more than one and a half times the limit.
She was fined £110 plus a £20 victim surcharge and £50 costs to the CPS.
PHOEBE MARY TAYLOR, 26, of Kelvedon Road, Tiptree, was banned from driving for 22 months for driving along the A120 at Braintree on April 5 after she had been drinking.
Her breath contained 83 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, more than double the limit. She was fined £110 plus a £20 surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
GARY MARK BLAGDEN, 52, of Jellicoe Way, Braintree, was given a 20 month driving ban for riding a motorcycle in Braintree on April 6 after he had been drinking.
His breath contained 70 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, double the limit.
He was fined £600 and must pay a £60 surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
Careless driving
JAMIE BOWEN, 26, of Fuller Street, Chelmsford, was given eight penalty points for riding a motorcycle along Chapel Road, Ridgewell, on September 5 without due care and attention.
The defendant lost control and collided with a parked refuse truck.
He was also using a provisional licence, did not display L plates, and had no insurance.
He was fined £600 and must pay a £60 victim surcharge and £90 costs.
