The following cases were heard at Reading Magistrates’ Court:

October 19:

PAVAN MADRAY, 30, of Oxford Road, Reading, admitted drunk and disorderly behaviour in a public place at St Marys Butts, Reading, on December 6, 2019. Fined £161. Also ordered to pay £32 victim surcharge and £85 court costs. 

STACY LUKER, 26, of Greenham Road, Newbury, admitted driving without the correct insurance on Greenham Road, Newbury, on March 14. Also admitted drug-driving on Greenham Road, Newbury, on March 14. Found to have cocaine and cannabis in their system. Fined £461 total. Also ordered to pay £46 victim surcharge and £85 court costs. Disqualified from driving for 12 months. 

JOSEPH NOCTOR, 33, of Beverley Road, Tilehurst, admitted drink-driving on Kentwood Hill, Tilehurst, on June 18. Found to have 88mcg alcohol per 100ml breath, exceeding the legal limit of 35mcg. Fined £200. Also ordered to pay £34 victim surcharge and £85 court costs. Disqualified from driving for 18 months. 

JEFFERSON RIBEIRO, 31, of Craven Road, Newbury, admitted two charges of obstructing or resisting a police constable in their execution of duty in Newbury on April 6. Also admitted criminal damage to a police van worth £138.94 on April 6, and admitted criminal damage to a police cell worth £81.60 on April 6. Fined £498 total. Also ordered to pay £222.54 compensation, £66 victim surcharge and £85 court costs. 

KENNY EVANS, 33, of Hollow Lane, Reading, admitted failing to comply with a community order made on March 18, by not attending unpaid work sessions on August 11 and September 1. Ordered to pay £200 fine and £60 court costs. 

BRADLEY PONSFORD, 20, of Clements Close, Spencers Wood, admitted failing to comply with a community order made on January 17, by not attending office visits on January 30 and September 2, and failing to attend a phone contact on August 28. Community order varied, including updated rehabilitation activity requirement. Also ordered to pay £60 court costs. 

October 20:

NOMUSA DUBE, 34, of Gregory Close, Lower Earley, admitted dishonestly failing to notify the council of changes to housing benefit, namely you were employed with Royal Berkshire NHS Trust, between January 13, 2014, and March 29, 2015. Also admitted dishonestly making a statement to the council that you were not claiming income from employment other than Voyage Care, Child benefit, Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit, in Reading on April 28, 2015. Also admitted dishonestly failing to promptly notify the council a change of circumstances which would affect your housing benefit, namely you were employed, in Reading between May 11, 2017, and February 22, 2019. Also admitted dishonestly failing to promptly notify the council a change of circumstances which would affect your housing benefit, namely you were employed, in Reading between March 20, 2016, and January 7, 2016. Also admitted dishonestly made a statement to the council that you were employed only since May 2015 and your wages were less than what you were actually paid, in Reading on December 4, 2015. Sentenced to 24 weeks in prison suspended for 18 months. Also ordered to pay £115 victim surcharge and £85 court costs. 

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