THE following cases were heard at Reading or Slough Magistrates’ Courts.

January 9:

JACK FURNELL, 19, of The Withys, Thatcham, West Berkshire, pleaded guilty to drink driving on July 24 last year in Newbury with namely 118 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. He has been disqualified from driving for 14 weeks and fined £300 with an £120 victim surcharge and £85 in court costs.

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MARCIN ZUK, 40, of Basingstoke Road, Road, pleaded guilty to drink driving on December 13 last year on Oxford Road with namely 117 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. He has been given a £333 fine with an £114 victim surcharge and £85 court costs. He has also been disqualified from driving for 28 weeks and needs to complete 120 hours of unpaid work.

JOSHUA HAWKINS, 23, of Clarendon Road, Reading, pleaded guilty to drink driving on December 14 last year in Friar Street with namely 67 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. He was fined £444 with an £100 victim surcharge and £85 court costs. He was also disqualified from driving for 22 months.

PHILIP HIGGS, 39, of Ravensbourne Drive, Woodley, pleaded guilty to drink driving on December 16 last in Headley Road East with namely 74 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. He was fined £576 with a victim surcharge of £230 and court costs of £85. He was also disqualified from driving for 24 months.

January 16:

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RICHARD MCGUINNESS, 49, of Oxford Road, Reading was found guilty of intending to burgle a Sainsburys store in Bath Road on Christmas Day last year. He has been jailed for six months and has been ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £154.

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