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

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May 12

GEORGIANA BICHIR, 25, of Caversham Road, Reading, indicated guilty to possessing a Class A drug, namely cocaine, in Ogmore Close, Tilehurst on April 21 as well as assaulting a police officer on the same day in Newbury. She was given a community order to complete 10 days of programme, 80 hours of unpaid work, and to pay £100 in compensation. She was also fined £68 and there was an order for the drugs to be forfeited and destroyed. There were court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £109.

SUWANNEE DUFFY, 46, of Rodway Road, Tilehurst, pleaded guilty to drink driving with 64 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath on April 22 this year in Bromfield Road, Tilehurst. She was disqualified from driving for 17 months, reduced by 17 weeks, and fined £369. There were also court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £148.

FERGUS HILL, 22, of Sandhurst Road, Wokingham, pleaded guilty to drink driving with 72 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath on April 22 in Bracknell. He was disqualified from driving for 20 months, reduced by 20 weeks, and fined £384. There were court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £154.

JAY CUDLIPP, 39, of Norcot Road, Reading, pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified in Wokingham on April 22 as well as driving without third-party insurance. He was jailed for 24 weeks and disqualified from driving for six months. There were also court costs of £85.

AARON WALLIN, 30, of Mill Lane, Newbury, pleaded guilty to three counts of using threatening, abusive or insulting words of behaviour on August 1, 2022, damaging a vape stand to the value of £955 in Newbury on the same day belonging to Sainsbury’s and damaging a Perspex screen and chewing gum stand to the value of £550 belonging to Sainsbury’s on July 28, 2022. He was given a community order to complete 19 days of a Thinking Skills programme, 15 days of rehabilitation activity, and to pay £100 in compensation.

STEVEN NORTON, 37, of Perry Way, Bracknell, indicated guilty to three counts of theft. On October 28, 2022 he stole two jars of manuka honey to the value of £69.98 from Holland and Barrett in Bracknell, on October 22 he stole two jars of manuka honey to the value of £83.98 from the same store, and on October 7 he stole five women’s waterproof jackets to the value of £200 from Next in Bracknell. He also indicated guilty to failing to surrender to police/court bail on April 27 this year in Slough. He was given a community order to complete nine months of drug rehabilitation and 15 days of rehabilitation activity.

GEORGIA BATTY, 25, of Tayberry Grove, Mortimer, Reading, pleaded guilty to drink driving in Reading on November 22 last year. She was disqualified from driving for 12 months and fined £300. There were also court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £120.

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