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

February 13:

HENRY ROMANCEWICZ, 55, of Georges Crescent, Slough, indicated guilty to using racially aggravated language towards a police office and causing criminal damage in a Thames Valley Police cell to an unknown value on September 12 last year. He was given a community ordered of 80 hours of unpaid work and made to pay £50 in compensation. There was also an £85 court cost.

JOANNE TURNER, 43, of Blagrove Drive, Wokingham, indicated guilty to using racially aggravated language/behaviour to cause harassment, alarm or distress on September 10 last year. She was given a community order of 60 hours unpaid work and was ordered to pay £50 in compensation. She was also made subject to an exclusion order from The Station Tap in Station Road, Wokingham.

NATHANIEL BLADES, 29, of Elliot Close, London, pleaded guilty to drink driving on November 3 last year in Ascot. He was fined £250 and disqualified from driving for 12 months. He was also made to pay and £85 court cost and a victim surcharge of £100.

HARVEY MORLAND, 20, of Rutherford Walk, Tilehurst, pleaded guilty to driving without third party insurance on October 22 last year in Newbury. He was fined £200 and disqualified from driving for six months. There was also six penalty points added to his licence. He was also ordered to pay an £85 court cost and a victim surcharge of £80.

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