The following cases were heard at Reading or Slough Magistrates’ Courts:

February 6:

JAMES NGANDO, 33, of Lancaster Avenue, Slough, pleaded guilty to drink driving on January 8 this year with namely 104 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. He was disqualified from driving for 41 months and will need to complete 10 days of rehabilitation activity. There was also an £85 court cost and £114 victim surcharge.

QUINNTON BENJAMIN, 44, of The Meadway, Tilehurst, pleaded guilty to damaging a window on December 2 last year costing £772. He was fined £80 and made to pay £200 in compensation.

PAUL FEE, 41, of Toutley Road, Wokingham, was found guilty of stealing £53 worth of meat and fish from a Sainsbury’s store on October 5 last year. He also stole £64 of grocery items from the same store on December 27 last year. He was £60 and made to pay £65 in compensation.

GARY COLLIER, 30, of Farnham Road, Hook, of drink driving on January 24 this year in Woodley with namely 41 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath and driving without insurance. He was disqualified from driving for 12 months and fined £220. There was also £85 in court costs and a victim surcharge of £80.

SONNER TOOD, 49, of no fixed abode, was found guilty of failing to comply with prohibition by contacting someone they were not allowed to contact between February 5, 2023 and February 6, 2023. They were fined £80.

YUSEF TETOUANI, 21, of Acorn Gardens, Reading, was found guilty of possessing a weapon designed to discharge electricity, namely a torch taser, on November 10, 2021. He was fined £666 and an order was made for the taser to be forfeited and destroyed. There were also court costs of £85.

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