CASES heard by Chelmsford and Colchester magistrates from Monday, September 18 to Friday, September 26.
Sent to prison
GEORGE MILES, 27, of Kings Road, Chelmsford, was sent to prison for eight weeks for attending an address in Chelmsford on July 25 in breach of a restraining order.
He is a persistent offender and had failed to comply with court orders.
He also got eight weeks to be served consecutively for each of two counts of going to the address in Chelmsford in breach of a restraining order and while on bail on July 28 and August 14. He must serve a total of 24 weeks in prison.
ALEX CHARLES GOODRIDGE, 24, of HMP Chelmsford, was sent to prison for 12 weeks for possessing 368.3 grams of cannabis, a controlled class B drug, at Southminster on April 23, while on bail for drug offences.
JAMES HERD, 68, of Marlborough Avenue, Tillingham, was sent to prison for ten weeks after pleading guilty to assaulting Eileen Herd by beating her at Southminster on August 13.
It was a serious offence including a knife, and previous domestic incidents having caused injury. He was given a restraining order not to contact Eileen or go to Marlborough Avenue in Tillingham.
Suspended sentence
JAMES CHRISTIAN GERREY, 45, of no fixed address, was given an eight week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, for assaulting Gill O'Brien by beating her at Chelmsford on August 15, while under the influence of alcohol and immediately after being given a community order.
The defendant must participate in MARI for 12 days, attend appointments with a responsible officer and pay an £80 victim surcharge.
DWAYNE JASON DORSETT, 25, of Begonia Close, Chelmsford, was given an eight week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, for possessing a taser stun gun in a night club in Chelmsford on March 15.
He must participate in Thinking Skills Programme for 19 days and attend appointments with a responsible officer.
He was also given one week concurrent for possessing 6.7 grams of cocaine, a controlled class A drug; one week suspended for dishonestly taking a full driving licence photocard between March 9 and 15 at Chelmsford; and a further week suspended for handing a townlink radio, valued at £400, from the Saracens Head in Chelmsford between July 20 last year and March 15 this year.
He must surrender the gun and the drugs and have them destroyed.
Assault
MARK KEITH PLATT, 46, of no fixed address, was given a community order for assaulting Adam Wallis by beating him at Chelmsford on July 20.
The defendant must have treatment for alcohol dependency for six months, attend appointments with a responsible officer, pay £100 compensation and a £60 victim surcharge.
ANTHONY EDWARD PETER DAY, 43, of Victoria Crescent, Chelmsford, was given a community order for assaulting Emma Leither by beating her at Chelmsford on June 27.
He was ordered to participate in Medium Alcohol Requirement Intervention (MARI) for 12 days, participate in Building Better Relationships for 29 days, attend appointments with a responsible officer, and carry out 40 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months.
He must pay £100 compensation, a £60 victim surcharge and £50 costs to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
Bail offences
DANNY JAY BROOKS, 25, of Sawkins Avenue, Chelmsford, was fined £150 for failing to surrender to custody at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court on June 16, having been released on bail in criminal proceedings on May 31.
He must pay a £20 victim surcharge and £85 cost to the CPS.
Breach of order
MICHAEL JOHN HARRIS, 47, of Hallowell Down, South Woodham Ferrers, was sent to prison for four weeks for breaching a Domestic Violence Protection Order imposed on August 11 within a week of the order being imposed.
It was a serious offence causing significant injuries to the victim.
RIKKI DEAN O'SULLIVAN, 27, of Eves Crescent, Chelmsford, was fined £400 for breaching a Domestic Violence Protection Order imposed at Billericay on August 22, imposed by Chelmsford Magistrates' Court on July 28.
Criminal damage
GARY ROBERT YORK, 35, of Manor Street, Braintree, was ordered to pay £150 compensation for damaging a mirror and a glass door at Boscawen Gardens, Braintree, to the value of £250 on July 19.
He was also given a community order for attending an address in Braintree between July 18 and 21 in breach of a non-molestation order made on April 24.
He must have treatment for alcohol dependency for 12 sessions, participate in Building Better Relationships for 29 days, and attend appointments with a responsible officer.
PHILIP SOLARI, 54, of South Primrose Hill, Chelmsford, was ordered to pay £530 compensation for damaging a front door to the value of £1,000 at Chelmsford on July 14 belonging to Michael Coulson.
He must also pay a £23 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
He was also fined a further £230 and must pay £25 compensation for assaulting Mr Coulson by beating him.
RICHARD BROWN, 43, of Dover Close, Braintree, must pay £1,000 compensation for causing £1,000 of damage to a vehicle belonging to Natasha Mouatt at Braintree on August 3.
He must also pay £85 costs to the CPS.
STEVEN ROSS PARKHURST, 26, of Clements Close, Chelmsford, was fined £200 for damaging a door lock to the value of £30 at Chelmsford on August 7.
He must pay £30 compensation, a £20 victim surcharge and £120 costs to the CPS.
Possession of a knife
MARK MICHAEL CRABB, 22, of Homemead, Galleywood, was given a community order for being in possession of a six inch kitchen knife with a sharp blade in Barnard Road, Chelmsford, on August 1.
The defendant must attend Essex Senior Attendance Centre for 24 hours, and was placed under a curfew for two months with electronic monitoring.
He must pay a £60 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS and must forfeit the knife and have it destroyed.
Drugs
EDWARD MARLOW, 24, of Bridge Street, Great Bardfield, was fined £67 for possessing a quantity of cannabis resin, a controlled class B drug, at Harlow on May 9.
He must pay a £20 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS as well as forfeiting the drugs and having them destroyed.
Failed to comply
CHRISTOPHER IAN LUFF, 25, of Everest Way, Heybridge, was ordered to carry out an additional ten hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months for failing attend appointments on July 26 and August 2, according to a community order made on June 20. He must pay £50 costs.
Family Law
GARY ROBERT YORK, 35, of Manor Street, Braintree, was given a community order for sending text messages, voice messages and using social media to contact another person at Braintree between July 29 and 31 while prohibited by a non molestation order made on April 24.
He was ordered to have treatment for alcohol dependency for 12 days, attend appointments with a responsible officer, pay a £60 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
Public order offences
NEVILLE HOWARD PAYNE, 40, of Broomfield Road, Chelmsford, was fined £33 for using threatening or abusive words or disorderly behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress at Chelmsford on August 1.
He must also pay a £20 victim surcharge and £50 costs to the CPS.
COLIN JOHN CAVANAGH, 34, of The Chase, Boreham, was fined £600 for using threatening, abusive or disorderly behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress at Chelmsford on April 1.
He must pay a £60 victim surcharge and £620 costs to the CPS.
LEVI GEORGE PECK, 20, of Christchurch Road, Tilbury, was fined £110 for using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour likely to provoke unlawful violence being used at Chelmsford on August 3.
He must also pay a £20 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
Resisting a constable
THOMAS ROY BROWN, 28, of John English Avenue, Braintree, was fined £225 plus a £23 victim surcharge for resisting a Police Constable in the execution of his duty at Braintree on June 18.
He was also fined £300 for failing to attend Colchester Magistrates' Court on July 3 and August 14, having been released on bail in criminal proceedings on June 18.
He must pay £85 costs to the CPS.
Sexual offences
REECE TONY ARTHUR BROWN, 18, of Meadgate, Chelmsford was given a restraining order for carrying out a sexual act on a woman aged 16 or over at Braintree on October 10 when she did not consent.
He must not contact her or go to Crabbs Croft at Braintree.
The defendant was ordered to participate in Education, Training and Employment for 60 days, attend appointments with a responsible officer, carry out 90 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months and pay a £15 victim surcharge.
He was also required to register with the police in Chelmsford for 30 months.
Theft – other
JANIS JAUNZEMS, 23, of Copperfields, Craigavon, County Armagh, was fined £400 for being in a vehicle that had been taken without the owner's consent at Braintree on November 29.
He must also pay a £40 victim surcharge and pay £85 costs to the CPS.
THOMAS WILLIAM ALLAN DOWNTON, 19, of Rothmans Avenue, Chelmsford, was given a community order for stealing cash to the value of £2,940 from the Co-op in Duke Street, Chelmsford, between May 1 and August 1.
He was ordered to participate in Education, Training and Employment for ten days, attend appointments with a responsible officer, and carry out 120 hours of supervised, unpaid work within the next 12 months.
He must pay compensation of £2,940, a £60 victim surcharge and £120 costs to the CPS.
Drink-driving
JONATHAN ROGER SILLETT, 33, of no fixed address, was given a 40-month driving ban and a community order for driving along Roxwell Road in Chelmsford, on August 1, after he had been drinking.
The proportion of alcohol measured 86 microgrammes in 100 millilitres of breath, more than double the limit.
He was ordered to participate in Drink Impaired Drivers Programme for 14 days, attend appointments with a responsible officer, 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.
PURGYIK AMBRUS, 33, of School Green, Blackmore End, was disqualified from driving for one year for driving along Butler Road at Halsted on August 3 without insurance and after he had been drinking.
His breath contained more than one and a half times the limit, with 59 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. He was fined £120 plus a £20 victim surcharge and must pay £85 costs to the CPS.
ADAM SHREEVE, 26, of Nipsells Chase, Mayland, was disqualified from driving from 17 months after driving a vehicle along Green Lane at Althorne on August 4 after he had been drinking.
The proportion of alcohol in his breath was 61 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, more than one and a half times the limit.
He was fined £540 plus a £54 victim surcharge and must pay £85 costs to the CPS.
Careless driving
ROBERT JAMES ASHWORTH, 54, of Ouse Chase, Witham, was given six penalty points for driving without due care and attention along Maldon Road, Witham, on May 12.
He pleaded guilty to an accident which damaged another vehicle and of failing to stop.
He must pay a fine of £240, a victim surcharge of £24 and £90 costs.
RORY COULTER-OLNEY, 20, of Pump Mead Close, Southminster, was banned from driving for 12 months and fined £300 for driving along High Street, Burnham on Crouch, on August 9 after he had been drinking.
His breath contained 49 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, just under one and a half times the limit.
He was also fined £160 for failing to stop following an accident and provide his name and address.
He must also pay a victim surcharge of £30 and £120 costs to the CPS.
