The following cases were heard at Reading Magistrates’ Court:

September 28:

LIAN BORECKI, 31, of Holberton Road, Reading, admitted failing to comply with supervision requirements on release from prison. Fined £60.

RIDA CHAUDHARY, 24, of Bath Road, Reading, admitted failing to comply with requirements of a community order by not attending unpaid work sessions on June 18 and June 25. Community order revised to include rehabilitation activity and unpaid work will continue.

JORDAN DOWNEY, 24, of no fixed abode, admitted failing to comply with requirements of a community order by not attending planned sessions on July 8 and July 10. Fined £180 and ordered to pay £60 court costs.

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SIMEON EDWARDS, 21, of Dawlish Road, Reading, admitted failing to comply with requirements of a community order by not attending planned sessions on July 25. Fined £75 and ordered to pay £60 court costs.

RICKY SMITH, 39, of Manor Farm Lane, Tidmarsh, Reading, admitted failing to comply with supervision requirements on April 16, June 13, and August 21 following release from prison. Fined £40.

ANDZEJ VOLODKO, 31, of Fairwater Drive in Woodley, admitted failing to comply with requirements of a community order by not attending unpaid work on August 8 and August 12. Fined £100 and ordered to pay £60 court costs.

MELANIE WALKER, 47, of Granville Road, Reading, admitted failing to comply with requirements of a community order by not attending planned sessions on July 30, and not attending unpaid work on September 12. Fined £80.

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October 1:

ALEXANDER GREEN, 40, of Priory Road, West Berkshire, convicted of failing to provide a specimen for analysis when asked to by police in Reading on February 27. Convicted of drug driving on the M4, Reading, on February 27. Given a community order to comply with rehabilitation activity. Ordered to pay £85 victim surcharge and £250 court costs. Disqualified from driving for 16 months. 

DANIEL STEED, 29, of Masefield Road, Thatcham, admitted failing to provide a specimen for analysis when asked by police on December 24, 2018, in Thatcham. Also admitted using a vehicle without the correct insurance in Almond Drive, Thatcham, on December 24, 2018. Admitted possessing an offence weapon, namely a hammer, in public in Sagecroft Road on December 24, 2018. Also admitted using threatening, abusive or insulting behaviour to cause fear and provoke violence. Sentenced to six months in prison suspended for two years, and must comply with alcohol treatment requirements and rehabilitation activity. Fined £75 and ordered to pay £150 compensation, plus £100 court costs. Six points added to driving licence and disqualified from driving for three years.

October 2:

ANDREW PATTISON, 36, of Wye close, Tilehurst, admitted using threatening, abusive or insulting behaviour to cause harassment or alarm in Reading on July 27. Also admitted assaulting a police officer in their duty in Reading on July 27. Sentenced to prison for 16 weeks due to it being 'a deliberate unprovoked attack on a public servant carrying out public duties'. Ordered to pay £122 victim surcharge.

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LEE AVERY, 44, of Links Drive, Tilehurst, admitted drink-driving in Forbury Road on September 16. Found to have 43mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath, the legal limit being 35mcg. Fined £400 and ordered to pay £40 victim surcharge plus £85 court costs. Disqualified from driving for 12 months.

DAVID BAKER, 26, Rotherfield Way, Emmer Green Reading, admitted drink-driving in Hemdean Road, Caversham, on September 16. Found to have 47mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath, the legal limit being 35mcg. fined £400 and ordered to pay £40 victim surcharge, plus £85 court costs. 10 points added to driving licence.

ROGER BISHOP, 24, of Chestnut Crescent, Newbury, admitted possession of controlled Class B drug cannabis on the A339 in Newbury on September 14. Fined £130 and ordered to pay £32 victim surcharge, plus £85 court costs.

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