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

February 13:

ATTIQ SADIQ, 35, of Cumberland Avenue, Slough, indicated guilty to exposing his genitals in Slough on June 17 last year. He was ordered to abstain from alcohol consumption for 120 days and be subject to a curfew via electronic monitoring. He will also need to register with police for five years. There was also an order for a £114 victim surcharge.

JASON EVANS, 42, of Caversham Road, Reading, pleaded guilty to stealing Nike Air Max 97 trainers to the value of £164.99 from Footasylum in Broad Street, Reading on May 25 last year. He was ordered to complete a drug rehabilitation residential and pay £164.99 in compensation. There was no order for costs made.

JACOB HYLTON, 25, of Eldon Square, Reading, pleaded guilty to drug driving on August 16 last year in Reading. He was disqualified from driving for 16 months and fined £200. There was also an order for an £85 court cost and a victim surcharge of £80.

KEMAR BURKE, 39, of Parsons Road, Slough, was found guilty of drink driving on August 19 in Windsor with namely 75 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. He was disqualified from driving for 20 months and fined £675. There was also court costs of £760 as well as a victim surcharge of £270.

JASON JAMES, 34, of Oliver Drive, Calcot, pleaded guilty to drug driving on August 27 last year in Reading on his Yamaha motorcycle. He was disqualified from driving for 18 months and fined £250. There was also court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £100.

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