The following cases were heard at Reading Magistrates’ Court

March 16
SOPHIE NICHOLLS, 24, of Newtown Road, Newbury, admitted to driving while under the influence of cannabis on Newtown Road in Newbury on September 4, 2020. She was banned from driving for 12 months, fined £300, ordered to pay court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £34. 
KAINE BENTLEY-SIMMONDS, 20, of High View, Reading, admitted to possession of cannabis in Reading on May 6, 2020. He was given a conditional discharge, ordered to pay court costs of £85 and told to pay a victim surcharge of £34. 
ALEX STALKER, 27, of North View, Hungerford, admitted to breaching a non-molestation order in West Berkshire on March 22, 2020. He was given a two-year conditional discharge, ordered to pay court costs of £600, and a victim surcharge of £21.
WILLIAM COOKE, 30, of Beatty Drive, Tilehurst, was convicted of harassment by breaching a restraining order in Reading on October 20, 2020. He was handed a new restraining order, made to take part in a 30-day rehabilitation programme, ordered to pay court costs of £775, and made to pay a victim surcharge of £95.

March 17
THAMBIR HUSSAIN, 19, of Conway Road, Calcot, Reading, admitted to possession of a knife in a public place, namely Queens Road, Reading, on January 20, 2021. He was sentenced to prison for 12 weeks suspended for nine months. He was also ordered to pay court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £128.
DANIEL QUENAULT, 32, of The Haywards, Thatcham, admitted stealing meat, vodka and whiskey worth £50.06 from Waitrose in Thatcham. He was given a conditional discharge for 18 months, ordered to pay court costs of £85 and told to pay a victim surcharge of £22.
JAKE HOOPER, 26, of St Georges Avenue, Newbury, admitted to stealing a Cannon SLR camera in Newbury on January 30, 2020. He was fined £357, ordered to pay compensation of £350, told to pay a victim surcharge of £36 and made to pay court costs of £85. 
MARK STEADMAN, 45, of Donnington Gardens, Reading, admitted to possession of heroin, a class A drug, in Newbury on November 7, 2020. He was fined £120, ordered to pay court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £34.

March 18
GARY SMITH, 38, of Ramsey Close, Earley, Reading admitted to assault by beating in Reading on May 9 2020. He was sentenced 14 days in prison due to the severity of the offence. He was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £115. He also admitted to driving without a licence and driving without insurance in Winnersh on May 9, 2020. He served no separate sentences for these further offences.
LEE ABERY, 34, of Skylings, Newbury, admitted stealing alcohol worth £72 from Sainsbury’s in Reading on July 22, 2020. He also admitted to taking a Ford KA car without the owner’s consent in Newbury on July 12, 2020 and to driving without insurance or a licence. He was was ordered to carry out 120 hours of unpaid work and pay compensation of £500, as well as court costs of £85.
PETER KELLY, 51, of London Road, Newbury, admitted three counts of assaulting an emergency worker, namely a police officer, on Mill Lane, Newbury, on November 4, 2019, and twice in Reading on July 29, 2020. He also admitted to using threatening language and shouting -- which he was prohibited from doing via a community order -- in Newbury on March 13, 2021. He was ordered to take part in a rehabilitation activity, pay a victim surcharge of £95, pay compensation of £30 and court costs of £85. 

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