The following cases were heard at Reading Magistrates’ Court:

March 22
MARK MEDFORD, 42, of London Street, Reading, admitted to failing to comply with supervision requirements imposed following release from a period of detention on January 7, 2021. He was fined £50 and told to pay costs of £60.
RAJNISH BAVARIA, 48, of Tabby Drive, Reading, was convicted of sexually assaulting a female in Reading on August 10, 2019. He also admitted to failing to provide breath test to police on the same day in Reading and to failing to stop after a road traffic accident. Bavaria was ordered not to return to the pub formerly known as the Black Boy Pub for six months and told to undertake 15 days of rehabilitation exercises. He was also fined £300, ordered to pay £100 in compensation, a victim surcharge of £95 and costs of £350.

March 23
MICHAEL DA SILVA, 39, of Northway, Newbury, admitted to taking stainless steel salt and pepper pots from a car in Newbury on January 7, 2021. He was given a conditional discharge and told to pay a victim surcharge of £22.
MAMADOU DIALLO, 28, of Pound Street, Newbury, admitted to driving whilst disqualified and driving without insurance on Bartholomew Road in Newbury on January 6, 2021. He was fined £184, told to pay a victim surcharge of £34 and handed six points on his driving record.
YVONNE OCHIENG, 36, of Millers Court, Caversham, Reading, admitted to obstructing a police officer in the execution of their duty, driving without insurance and driving without a licence on Richfield Avenue in Reading on January 13, 2021,. She was fined £300, told to pay a victim surcharge of £34 and banned from obtaining a driving licence for 29 months.
ASHLEY BIRMINGHAM, 26, of Newton Road, Newbury, admitted to assault occasioning actual bodily harm and to causing criminal damage to a property in Newbury on October 23, 2020. He was committed to prison for eight weeks suspended for 18 months, told to undertake rehabilitation activities and ordered to pay compensation of £147.
HUNTLEY HINES, 63, of Katesgrove Lane, Reading, admitted to drink driving on Katesgrove Lane in Reading on February 21, 2021. He was caught with 45 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, the limit being 35mg per 100ml of breath. Hines was banned from driving for 36 monhts, fined £120, told to pay a victim surcharge of £34 and ordered to pay costs of £85. 
DAVID JAMES, 34, of Gainsborough Avenue, Hungerford, admitted to driving without a licence and driving without insurance as well as drink driving on St Catherine’s Hill in Mortimer on Janaury 4, 2021. He was caught with 83 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, the limit being 35mg per 100ml of breath. James was banned from obtaining a driving licence for 19 months, fined £240 and told to pay a victim surcharge of £34.

March 24
JAMIE RICHARDSON, 31, of Porlock Place, Calcot, Reading, admitted to causing criminal damage to a property, namely a Toyota Prius, in Reading on July 27, 2020. He was made to pay compensation of £1,447.20 and ordered to pay costs of £85. 

March 25
JOHN BLISSETT, 33, of Staverton Road, Reading, admitted to driving under the influence of cocaine and cannabis on Yelverton Road in Whitley, Reading on July 13, 2020. He was banned from driving for 12 months, fined £165, told to pay a victim surcharge of £34 and ordered to pay costs of £300.
KRISTOFFER WHITE, 32, of Appleby Walk, Reading, admitted to driving without a licence and driving without insurance on Eversley Road, Arborfield on August 23, 2020. He was banned from obtaining a driving licence for six months, told to carry out 80 hours of unpaid work, told to pay a victim surcharge of £95 and ordered to pay costs of £85.

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