The following cases were heard at Reading Magistrates’ Court:

April 6: 
SAUGAT GURUNG, 26, of Highgrove Street, Reading, admitted stealing two bottles of whisky and yoghurt drinks from Aldi as well as to assaulting a man in Reading on November 20, 2020. He was told to carry out 40 hours of unpaid work, pay a victim surcharge of £95 and costs of £85. 
MATTHEW RAMSEY, 48, of Brisbane Road, Reading, admitted to two counts of driving under the influence of cocaine on Stoneham Close in Reading on October 9, 2020. He was banned from driving for 12 months, fined £120, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £34 and made to pay costs of £85. 
KATHLEEN MCCANDLISH, 30, of Briff Lane, Bucklebury, Reading, admitted to failing to stop at the scene of a road traffic accident on Boulton Park Road in Lincoln on February 6, 2020.  She also admitted to failing to report this incident to police and to driving ‘without care and attention’ on the same day. She was banned from driving for four months, fined £400, made to pay a victim surcharge of £40 and ordered to pay costs of £85. 
CHELSEA ORGAN, 29, of Hayes Drive, Shinfield, admitted to failing to provide a blood sample when requested in Earley on August 22, 2020. She was banned from driving for 18 months, fined £300, made to pay a victim surcharge of £34 and ordered to pay costs of £200. 
MARCEL THUMWOOD, 30, of Wilton Road, Reading, was convicted of drink-driving on Rokeby Drive in Reading on May 15, 2020. He was caught with 58 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, the limit being 35mcg. 10 points added to his driving licence, he was fined £200, made to pay a victim surcharge of £34 and ordered to pay costs of £250. 
BENJAMIN TIPPER, 31, of Waleys Place, Caversham, admitted to religiously aggravated use of threatening behaviour  in Reading on March 31, 2020. He was fined £56, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £32 and made to pay costs of £100. 

April 7:
MARVIN HOWELL, 37, of Wilton Road, Reading, admitted possession of cannabis in Newbury and to failing to provide a blood sample when requested in Reading on December 3, 2020. He was banned from driving for 12 months, ordered to take part in a rehabilitation activity, fined £200, made to pay a victim surcharge of £95, and ordered to pay costs of £85. 
NOVENTINO PINTO, 32, of Cumberland Road, Reading, admitted to exposing his genitals in Reading on September 24, 2018 and again in Reading on February 9, 2019. He was sentenced to prison for 22 weeks due to the severity of the offence. He was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £122. 
REECE BUCKETT, 21, of Highbury Road, Tilehurst, Reading, admitted to two counts of assault by beating in Reading on August 8,2020. He was fined £666, made to pay compensation of £300 and ordered to pay costs of £66.
KEVIN WILLIAMS, 39, of St George’s Avenue, Newbury, admitted to criminal damage of a property in Newbury on December 23, 2019, and to sending communication with a threatening message on February 29, 2020. He was ordered to take part in a rehabilitation activity, carry out 120 hours of unpaid work, pay compensation of £150, and was given a restraining order. He was also told to pay a victim surcharge of £90 and to pay costs of £85. 

April 8:
CALVIN SHEPHERD, 36, of Gardenia, Woodley, admitted to harassing a woman between December 20, 2020 and December 23, 2020. He was fined £80, given a restraining order from the woman, made to pay a victim surcharge of £34, and ordered to pay costs of £85. 
JASON PHIPPEN, 53, of Cutbush Lane, Shinfield, admitted to harassing a woman between August 2020 and October 2020 and to demanding the woman retracted a witness statement in Shinfield in August 2020. He was handed a restraining order, ordered to take part in rehabilitation activities, fined £1,500, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £95 and to pay costs of £85. 

April 9: Steven Rackham, 31, of Loundyes Close, Thatcham, admitted to failing to stop a vehicle when requested to do so by a constable in uniform, driving without care and attention, and driving without insurance on Gordon Road, Thatcham on April 8, 2021. He was fined £800, made to pay a victim surcharge of £80, ordered to pay costs of £85 and told to pay a victim surcharge of £80. 

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