CASES heard by Colchester and Chelmsford magistrates from Thursday, January 15 to Saturday, January 21.
Sent to prison
BERNANITO AMARO, 31, of London Road, Chelmsford, was sent to prison for a total of 30 weeks. He was given six weeks and three consecutive six week sentences for four counts of assaulting the same person by beating her at Chelmsford between November 1 and 30 last year. He was also given two two-week concurrent sentences for two counts of destroying a mobile phone to the value of £15 belonging to his victim; and a further two weeks concurrent for stealing £101.85 of money from her, also during November. The defendant was also given another two week concurrent sentence for possessing a quantity of cocaine, a class A drug, at Chelmsford on December 1, and had committed the offences while subject to a suspended sentence order imposed on October 28 for previous assaults on the same victim. He was given a restraining order forbidding him from contacting his victim or going to Savernake Road in Chelmsford. He must pay a total of £181.85 compensation plus an £80 victim surcharge and £300 costs to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and forfeit the drugs and have them destroyed.
Offensive communications
GRAHAM MICHAEL LUDFORD, 47, of no known address, was fined £75 for sending a message that was grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character at Braintree on December 28. He must pay a £20 victim surcharge.
Criminal damage
TERRI MARIA EAGLETON, 35, of South End, Camden, London, was fined £73 for causing £400 of damage to a vehicle owned by another person at Chelmsford on October 27. She must pay £400 compensation, a £20 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
KENNETH HARDAKER, 56, of Lancaster Way, Braintree, was fined £50 for causing approximately £100 of damage to a cupboard door belonging to the Salvation Army at Braintree on January 3. He must pay £100 compensation, a £20 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
DYLAN MURTAGH, 19, of Bridge Street, Witham, was given a 12 month conditional discharge for causing £200 of damage to a vehicle belonging to another person at Braintree on October 9. He must pay £200 compensation, a £15 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
Assault
DANIEL ELLIOTT, 35, of Whitehouse Crescent, Chelmsford, was given a community order for assaulting another person by beating her at Chelmsford on December 30. The defendant must attend appointments with a responsible officer and carry out 120 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months. He was given a restraining order not to contact the victim or go to Cowdrie Way in Chelmsford. He must pay a £60 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
LEE LAW, 40, of Melbourne Avenue, Chelmsford, was given a community order for assaulting a woman by beating her at Chelmsford on November 24. The defendant must participate in Medium Alcohol Rehabilitation Intervention for 12 days, participate in an accredited programme for 29 days, and attend appointments with a responsible officer. He was also given a restraining order not to contact the victim or attend West Avenue in Chelmsford. He must pay £350 compensation, a £60 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
PAUL JOHN BREWER, 49, of Langley Green, Feering, was fined £110 for assaulting another person by beating him at Feering on September 13. He must pay £50 compensation, a £20 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
Drugs – possession
SIMON RICHARDS, 47, of no fixed address, was fined £75 for possessing a quantity of cannabis, a controlled class B drug, at Chelmsford on January 3. He must pay a £20 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS, and forfeit the drugs and have them destroyed.
TIMOTHY CHARLES SPARROW, 19, of Dunbreck Road, Eltham, London, was fined £75 for possessing a quantity of methylenedioxymethyl
amphetamine, a controlled class A drug, at Chelmsford on August 16. He must pay a £20 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS in addition to forfeiting the drugs and having them destroyed.
JACK RUDGE, 18, of Taylor Way, Great Baddow, was fined £225 for possessing eight grams of cannabis, a controlled class B drug, at Great Baddow Recreation Ground on September 1 last year. He must pay a £23 victim surcharge, pay £85 costs to the CPS and forfeit the drugs and have them destroyed.
Drunk and disorderly
PAUL ANDREW YOUNG, 47, of Spa Road, Witham, was fined £80 for being drunk and disorderly at Ladbrokes Bookmakers, Newland Street in Witham on January 17. He must pay a £20 victim surcharge.
Harassment
LEE DALE LAW, 40, of Melbourne Avenue, Chelmsford, was given a community order for pursuing a course of conduct which amounted to the stalking of another person between November 28 and December 1 last year. The defendant had entered her property in the middle of the night and slept next to her, went to her place of work, waited for her at a bus stop and approached her in Melbourne Park. The defendant must participate in Medium Alcohol Rehabilitation Intervention for 12 days, participate in an accredited programme for 29 days, and attend appointments with a responsible officer.
GLENN MCCARTHY, 45, of Hearsall Avenue, Chelmsford, was given a conditional discharge for 12 months for pursuing a course of conduct that amounted to the harassment of another person at Braintree between November 9, 2014 and January 2, 2015. He had sent unwanted test messages and emails and hand delivered a Christmas card to her home. He was given a restraining order not to contact his victim and must pay a £15 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
Illegal fishing
GRAHAM CARL ARDLEY, 52, of Keyes Way, Braintree, was fined £100 for fishing at Prestons Lake, Pebmarsh, on August 23 without a licence. He also failed to give his name and address to a water bailiff or constable. He must pay a £20 victim surcharge and pay costs of £127.47.
Public order offences
DOMINIC ALEXANDER MACDONALD, 21, of Coggeshall Road, Stisted, was fined £110 for using threatening, abusive words or disorderly behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress at Braintree on October 12. He committed the offence while subject to a suspended sentence order imposed on July 31, 2013. He must pay a £20 victim surcharge and £400 costs to the CPS.
CLAIRE LOUISE WALLIS, 45, of Colyers Reach, Chelmsford, was fined £110 for using threatening, abusive or insulting words or disorderly behaviour towards another person at Chelmsford on December 12, likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress. She must pay a £20 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
CARLY MARIE SMITH, 32, of Victoria Road, Chelmsford, was fined £37 for using threatening or abusive words or disorderly behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to another person at Chelmsford on January 5. She committed the offence while subject to a six month conditional discharge order imposed on August 1. She must pay a £20 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
Resisting Police
MATTHEW PETER LANSDOWNE, 26, of Cherry Garden Road, Maldon, was fined £110 for resisting a police constable in the execution of his duty at Maldon on January 15. He must pay a £20 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
River bylaws
ROBERT HOLLY, of Anvil Terrace, Dartford in Kent, was fined £300 for navigating a personal water craft in excess of the speed limit of eight knots an hour in the vicinity of Mayland Creek on the river Blackwater on August 24. He must pay a £30 victim surcharge and £250 costs.
Social security offences
SHARON WALSH, 50, of Deerhurst Chase, Bicknacre, was given a conditional discharge for three years for failing to notify Chelmsford City Council of a change in circumstances that would have affected her entitlement to council tax support on December 20, 2013. She also pleaded guilty of failing to declare £85,000 of capital on March 7, 2014 in order to claim housing benefit; and of failing to declare capital to Chelmsford City Council on December 20, 2013 with a view to gaining an advantage under the local council tax support scheme. She must pay a £15 victim surcharge and £100 costs.
HOSSEIN BAYATI, 29, of Candytuft Road, Springfield, was given a community order for six counts for making false declarations regarding his income between November 2010 and November 2013 in order to claim housing and council tax benefit. He was ordered to carry out 100 hours of supervised, unpaid work within the next 12 months, pay a £60 victim surcharge and £135 costs.
MICHAELA POULTON, 29, of Notley Road, Braintree, was fined £75 for failing to notify Braintree District Council of a change of circumstances between July 1, 2014 and February 1, 2014, which would have affected her entitlement to housing benefit. She must pay a £20 victim surcharge and £200 costs.
MADISON SMITH, of Allshots Farm, Kelvedon, was given a community order for four counts of making a false representation by failing to disclose capital in order to claim housing benefit, council tax support, and income benefit between January 14, 2012 and September 2, 2014. She was ordered to carry out 180 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months, pay £12,717 compensation, a £60 victim surcharge, and £400 costs.
MATTHEW PETER LANSDOWNE, 26, of Cherry Garden Road, Maldon, was fined £110 for failing to notify Maldon District Council of a change of circumstances which would have affected his entitlement to working tax credits on or about July 15, 2013. He must pay £250 costs.
STEVIE-LOUISE PADGETT, 20, of Victoria Road, Maldon, was given a community order for failing to notify Maldon District Council on or about April 29, 2013, of a change of circumstances which would have affected the defendant's entitlement to housing benefit. The defendant must carry out 80 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months, and pay £1,500 compensation.
Shoplifting
RICARDO OLI BOUCHENGA, 19, of Barton Mews, Chelmsford, was committed to detention in a young offender institution for 21 days for stealing a jumper and cap to the value of £14 from Primark in Chelmsford on January 17. He must pay an £80 victim surcharge.
Attempted theft
LYNDEN GORDON HAWES, 36, of Pedlars Close, Danbury, was given a community order for attempting to steal diesel to the value of approximately £168 from L. Smith Contractors at Purleigh on December 31, together with Nathan Hawes. He also admitted damaging fuel caps to two lorries and a fuel pump pipe to the value of approximately £200 to £300, also belonging to L. Smith Contractors on December 31. He must carry out 220 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months. He must pay £234 compensation, a £60 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
NATHAN DAREN HAWES, 25, of Creasen Butt, Heybridge, was given a community order for attempting to steal £168 worth of diesel from L. Smith Contractors at Purleigh on December 31, together with Lynden Hawes. He had also damaged fuel caps to two lorries and a fuel pipe to the value of approximately £200 to £300 belonging to L. Smith Contractors, and was in possession of one gram of cannabis, a controlled class B drug. He must carry out 200 hours of unpaid, supervised work within the next 12 months, pay £234 compensation, a £60 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS, in addition to forfeiting the drugs and having them destroyed.
Town & Country Planning
LAURA LAKE, of Mill End, Good Easter, was fined £1,000 for failing to ensure that land opposite Shipton Farm, Saffron Walden, was not used for accommodation on July 16, in breach of an enforcement notice issued on October 16, 2013 by Uttlesford District Council. She had failed to remove one of the caravans and domestic paraphernalia by the time asked. She must pay a £100 victim surcharge and costs of £264.24.
Careless driving
LADISZLAU STEFAN SZABO, 41, from Romania, was given eight penalty points on his driving licence for driving a heavy goods vehicle without due care and attention along the A12 at Boreham on June 13. He had collided with a car travelling in the second lane of the A12. The impact caused the car to turn sideways and the vehicle was then pushed sideways along the carriageway by the HGV until both vehicles came to a stop. He was fined £400 and must pay a £40 victim surcharge and £60 costs.
Drink-driving
BRADLEY CRICK, 20, of Flanders Close, Braintree, was given a community order and disqualified from driving for two years for driving along Manor Street at Braintree on January 3 after he had been drinking. The proportion of alcohol measured 102 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, just under three times the limit. He was ordered to carry out 80 hours of supervised, unpaid work within the next 12 months, pay a £60 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
HENRY GEORGE A HARVEY, 22, of Elm Road, Chelmsford, was disqualified from driving for 19 months for driving along Wood Street in Chelmsford on January 5 after he had been drinking. The proportion of alcohol measured 72 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, more than double the limit. He was fined £230 plus a £23 victim surcharge and must pay £85 costs to the CPS.
TAPIWANASHE KANJAKWA, 19, of Spooner Close, Chelmsford, was banned from driving for 20 months for driving along Princes Road, Chelmsford, on December 28, after he had been drinking. The proportion of alcohol measured 82 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, more than double the limit. He was fined £110 and must pay a £20 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the CPS.
Other driving offences
CUMALI TURHAN, 35, of Linnet Drive, Chelmsford, was disqualified from driving for six months due to repeat offending. He had driven along Springfield Road, Chelmsford, on February 9 last year without insurance or a valid UK driver's licence, and his vehicle did not have all the headlights in good working order. He was fined £150 plus a £20 victim surcharge and £90 costs.
CONSTANTIN GAMAN, 22, of Duke Street, Chelmsford, was given three penalty points on his driving licence for failing to have proper control of his vehicle when driving along Railway Street, Chelmsford, on March 11. The defendant had mounted the kerb whilst using a mobile phone, contravened mobile keep left signs at roadworks and mounted a pedestrian island. He was fined £400 and must also pay a £40 victim surcharge and pay £90 costs.
