Cases heard by Chelmsford and Colchester magistrates from Thursday, May 1 to Thursday, May 8.
Sent to prison
NEVILLE PAYNE, 39, of no fixed address, was sent to prison for 12 weeks for stealing a bottle of wine from Tesco in Chelmsford on May 1.
He was given a prison sentence due to previous convictions for similar offences.
Suspended sentences
JOHN LODGE, 61, of Fifth Avenue, Chelmsford, was given a 28 day prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, for calling Dorothy Lodge and leaving a message for his son on April 19 when a restraining order prohibiting him from doing so was in force.
He was fined £100 and must pay an £80 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), and must not contact Dorothy Lodge or go within 100 metres of Holton St Mary village hall in Suffolk.
He was also given 28 days concurrent, suspended, for calling her when prohibited and fined a further £100; and a further 28 days concurrent, suspended, for committing the offence while subject to a conditional discharge order imposed on December 30 for 12 months.
GEORGE DUNCAN, 64, of Newlands Avenue, Great Bardfield, was given a 12 week consecutive prison sentence, suspended for two years, for harassing Margaret Mathews between February 13 and 26 at Great Bardfield.
He had shown disgraceful behaviour by being abusive and intimidating towards her neighbours while subject to a suspended sentence order. The defendant must attend appointments with a responsible officer and was given a restraining order not to contact or use abusive, insulting or threatening words in the presence of Margaret Matthews.
He must pay a £100 fine, an £80 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
EDWARD PAUL TURNER, 32, of Murchison Close, Chelmsford, was given an 18 month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, for trespassing in the Saracens Head Hotel in Chelmsford High Street on May 6, and stealing three bottles of wine and three bottles of sour shots to the value of £303.
The defendant must have treatment for drug dependency for six months, participate in Building Skills for Recovery for 22 days, attend appointments with a responsible officer and pay an £80 victim surcharge.
Assault
FREYA LESLEY PARTRIDGE, 27, of Harrington Mead, Chelmsford, was given a 12 month conditional discharge after pleading guilty to assaulting Darren Hughes by beating him at Chelmsford on April 5.
She must pay a £15 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
MICHAEL FINDLAY, 68, of Medway, Burnham on Crouch, was given a six month conditional discharge for assaulting Galina Findlay by beating her at Burnham on Crouch on May 3.
He was ordered to pay a £15 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
ARTHUR SZUMSKI, 32, of Rose Hill, Braintree, was given a community order for assaulting Monika Oldzrez by beating her at Braintree on April 21.
The defendant must participate in Building Better Relationships for 29 days, attend appointments with a responsible officer, carry out 50 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months, pay a £60 surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
DAMIAN RAPACKI, 24, of Dorset Avenue, Chelmsford, was given a community order for assaulting Thomas Fanger, Max Drumond-Smillie and Alex Reid by beating them at Chelmsford on April 12, acting together with Ariel Jackowski and Jacob Stanczyk.
He must carry out 120 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months, pay £100 compensation, a £60 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
JACOB STANCZYK, 30, of Sandford Road, Chelmsford, was given a community order for assaulting Thomas Fanger, Max Drumond-Smillie and Alex Reid by beating them at Chelmsford on April 12, acting together with Damian Rapacki and Ariel Jackowski.
He also pleaded guilty to willfully obstructing a police constable in the execution of his duty.
He was ordered to carry out 120 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months, pay £100 compensation, a £60 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
ARIEL PIOTR JACKOWSKI , 27, of The Drive, Chelmsford, was given a community order for assaulting Thomas Fanger, Max Drumond-Smillie and Alex Reid by beating them at Chelmsford on April 12, acting together with Jacob Stanczyk and Damian Rapachi.
He must carry out 120 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months, pay £100 compensation, a £60 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
ALAN WILLIAM MANN, 51, of Forest Drive, Chelmsford, was fined £200 for assaulting Laura Mann by beating her at Chelmsford on January 31. He must pay a £15 victim surcharge and £620 costs to the CPS.
GERALDINE THERESA CRESSWELL, 60, of Speedwell Close, Witham, was given a 12 month conditional discharge for assaulting Rachel Tuck, Jade Ramage and Luke Woolmore by beating them at Witham on April 19.
She must pay £200 compensation and £85 costs to the CPS.
SUNNY OTABOR, 41, of Milbourn Crescent, Chelmsford, was given a community order for assaulting Edward Huber by beating him at Broomfield on October 22.
He must carry out 220 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months, and pay £150 compensation plus £150 costs to the CPS.
Breach of order
RHYS LEE THOMPSON, 19, of Nottage Crescent, Braintree, was fined £30 for failing to comply with the requirements of a community made on September 18 by failing to attend various appointments, having only completed 12 hours 30 minutes of a 36 hour order. He must also pay £25 costs.
Criminal damage
KEVIN ANTHONY CRAIG, 43, of Pearl Drive, Braintree, was given a community order for damaging a front door to the value of £400 belonging to Tara Ferrando in Braintree on March 24.
The defendant must participate in Medium Alcohol Requirement Intervention (MARI) for 12 days, attend appointments with a responsible officer, pay a £60 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
Drugs - possession
CHARLOTTE LUCY GRAVES, 22, of Widford Chase, Chelmsford, was given a conditional discharge for 12 months for being in possession of a quantity of cannabis, a class B drug, at Chelmsford on April 10.
She was ordered to pay a £15 victim surcharge, forfeit the drugs and have them destroyed.
KELVIN ROLINTLANTLA TUTANI, 18, of Mill Court, Braintree, was fined £35 for possessing 2.6g of cannabis, a controlled Class B drug, at Chelmsford on April 10.
He must pay a £20 victim surcharge, £25 costs to the CPS, forfeit the drugs and have them destroyed.
Drugs - misuse
DWAYNE JASON DORSETT, 25, of Begonia Close, Chelmsford, was given a community order for failing to attend an initial assessment at Chelmsford on March 26 to establish whether he was dependant upon or misused cocaine, a Class A drug, after a sample had been taken from him.
He was ordered to carry out 60 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months, and pay a £60 victim surcharge, and £85 costs to the CPS.
Drunk and disorderly
MATTHEW ALLAN SIMSON, 24, of Sassoon Way, Maldon, was fined £145 for being drunk and disorderly in Maldon High Street on April 17. He must also pay a £20 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
Environmental protection
STACY DAVIS, 26, of Plains Field, Braintree, was fined £100 for failing to comply with Basildon Council by leaving five black sacks for collection when non recycling waste should be kept in grey bins.
She must also pay a £20 victim surcharge and costs of £448.50.
AARON JOHN MORRISON, 26, of Plains Field, Braintree, was fined £100 for leaving five black sacks of non recycling waste for collection at Braintree on December 11.
The waste should have been kept in grey bins according to Basildon Council, a waste collection authority.
Failed to comply
CHAD RUSSELL, 19, of Hazeldon Close, Little Waltham, was ordered to carry out an additional 20 hours of unpaid, supervised work, in addition to the requirements of a community order made on October 11 last year.
He had failed to comply with the order by not attending an appointment on April 8 and had shown unacceptable behaviour on April 15.
Fraud
SHARON PAULINE KILEY, 51, of Pelly Avenue, Witham, was given a community order for committing fraud by dishonestly failing to disclose to Braintree District Council that she was living as a married person at Witham between March 18, 2011 and May 18, 2013, with the intention of making a gain by claiming housing benefit, council tax benefit and income support.
She was placed under a curfew for six weeks with electronic monitoring and ordered to pay a £60 victim surcharge and £450 costs.
Health & Safety
WILLIAM HENRY SAINT, no dob given, of Cherry Blossom Lane, Cold Norton, was given a four month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, for installing a gas boiler between April 1 and 30 at Colchester, which he was not qualified to carry out under the Health & Safety at Work Act.
The defendant was self-employed and pleaded guilty to three counts of incompetence, lack of skill and qualification and incompetence.
This was the second time the defendant had carried out a similar installation and he had shown no remorse for causing a potentially dangerous situation.
He was ordered to carry out 150 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months, and pay an £80 victim surcharge and £850 costs to the CPS.
Indecent Act
PAULA ALINA TURNER, 37, of no fixed address, was given a 12 month conditional discharge for urinating in Parkway, Chelmsford, on April 25. She must pay a £15 victim surcharge.
Social Security offences
JAMES THORNHILL no dob given, of Halcyon Close, Witham, was given a conditional discharge for two years for failing to notify Colchester Borough Council that he had vacated an address for which he was claiming housing benefit between April 30, 2012 and August 12, 2013 at Witham.
He was ordered to pay costs of £470.
Theft – shoplifting
CHRISTOPHER JAMES MILLER, 26, of Julien Court Road, Braintree, was given a community order for stealing a pair of jeans valued at £18 from Peacocks in Braintree on April 9.
He was ordered to carry out 80 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months and pay a £60 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
He also pleaded guilty to failing to attend Colchester Magistrates' Court on April 29, having been released on bail from Braintree Police Station on April 13 and committed the offence while subject to a six month conditional discharge order imposed on March 11 for shoplifting from Tesco and Sainsbury in Braintree during February.
APRIL AMANDA CHAPMAN, 18, of New Writtle Street, Chelmsford, was given a community order for stealing a TV valued at £199 from Tesco in Chelmsford on April 4; and various food items to the value of £749.69, also from Tesco on April 7. She was placed under a curfew for two months, and ordered to pay £100 compensation and a £60 victim surcharge.
JOSHUA KENNETH KIRKLEY, 36, of Savernake Road, Chelmsford, was given a six month conditional discharge for stealing beer valued at £15 from Tesco in Chelmsford on April 8.
He was ordered to pay a £15 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
REBECCA GAME, 29, of Bronte Road, Witham, was given a 12 month conditional discharge for two counts of stealing meat valued at £90 and £107 from Morrisons at Witham on March 21 and 22.
She was ordered to pay £90 compensation, a £15 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
SIMON DOUGLAS TAIT, 37, of no fixed address, was given a community order for stealing fragrances to the value of £55 from Boots in Chelmsford on May 6.
He must carry out 40 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months, and pay a £60 victim surcharge.
Theft – other
JOHN SWALEY LAMB, 28, of Wood Corner Caravan Park, Woodham Walter, was given a community order for stealing nine alloy wheels, valued at £380 from Daryl Alsop at Braintree on April 15, together with Stephen Lamb.
He was ordered to carry out 60 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months, pay a £60 victim surcharge and £45 costs to the CPS.
STEPHEN ASHLEY LAMB, 23, of Wood Corner Caravan Park, Woodham Walter, also pleaded guilty to taking nine alloy wheels, valued at £380, together with John Lamb, at Braintree on April 15 that belonged to Daryl Alsop.
He was fined £133 and must pay a £20 victim surcharge and £40 costs to the CPS.
DAVIDE SILVESTRE, 38, of no known address, was fined £240 for stealing an iPad and personal documents to the value of £700 belonging to Miguel Perez Cuesta Michu at Stansted on May 3.
He must pay a £24 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
Willful obstruction
CARL JAMES SMEE, 31, of Wardle Way, Chelmsford, was given a community order for willfully obstructing a police constable in the execution of her duty at Chelmsford on April 22.
The defendant must carry out 80 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months and pay a £60 victim surcharge.
He also pleaded guilty to failing to provide a sample to ascertain whether a Class A drug was present in his body.
Drink-driving
SARAH LOUISE DAVISON, 40, of Chignal Road, Chignal Smealey, was disqualified from driving for 18 months for driving along Mashbury Road, Chelmsford, on April 15 after she had been drinking and was more than one and a half times over the limit.
Her breath contained 61 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.
She was fined £425 and must pay a £43 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
DONNA LOUISE RAMPLIN, 33, of Chestnut Way, Tiptree, was given a 12 month driving ban for driving along Station Road at Tiptree on March 2 after she had been drinking.
Her breath contained 56 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, more than one and a half times the limit. She was fined £110 and must pay a £20 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
