The following cases were heard at Reading Magistrates’ Court:

March 6:

AARON REVENS, 32, of Park Avenue, Thatcham in West Berkshire, convicted of travelling on a Great Western Railway service in Reading without having paid the £6.90 train fare on July 13, 2019. Fined £440 and ordered to pay £6.90 compensation. Also ordered to pay £44 victim surcharge and £160 court costs.

JERMAL ROBERSTON, 20, of Wensley Road, Reading, convicted of failing to hand over a valid ticket for travel when asked at Reading train station on July 11, 2019. Fined £220 and ordered to pay £7.80 compensation. Must also pay £32 victim surcharge and £160 court costs.

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JOSH TODD, 19, of Iliffe Close, Reading, admitted travelling on a Great Western Railway service without having paid the £109 train fare in Reading on July 10, 2019. Fined £440 and ordered to pay £13 compensation. Must also pay £44 victim surcharge and £160 court costs.

JAZMINDA WATSON, 21, of Holkam Close, Reading, convicted of travelling on a Great Western Railway service without having paid the £25.10 train fare in Reading on July 7, 2019. Fined £440 and ordered to pay £25.10 compensation. Must also pay £44 victim surcharge and £160 court costs.

ADAM WEST, 20, of Crown Place, Reading,convicted of failing to hand over a valid ticket for travel when asked at Reading railway station on July 1, 2019. Fined £220 and ordered to pay £41.60 compensation. Also ordered to pay £32 victim surcharge and £160 court costs.

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CRAIG WHITE, 32, of Newtown Road, Newbury, convicted of travelling on a Great Western Railway service without having paid the £8.10 train fare in Theale on July 11, 2019. Fined £440 and ordered to pay £8.10 compensation. Also ordered to pay £44 victim surcharge and £160 court costs.

MUHAMMAD AKRAM, 55, of Southcote Lane, Reading, convicted being the person whose name a vehicle was registered under when it did not meet insurance requirements in Reading on August 8, 2019. Fined £220 and ordered to pay £32 victim surcharge. Must also pay £200 court costs.

NYLA AKRAM, 45, of Southcote Lane, Reading, convicted being the person whose name a vehicle was registered under when it did not meet insurance requirements in Reading on July 9, 2019. Fined £220 and ordered to pay £32 victim surcharge. Must also pay £200 court costs.

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SEAN WARWICK, of Peregrine Road, Newbury, admitted using a vehicle on a public road, namely Beulah Hill, without the correct licence. Fined £293 and ordered to pay £105 vehicle excise back duty. Must also pay £200 court costs.

March 7:

KYERON BURROWS, 18, of Admirals Court, Reading, admitted assault by beating in Reading on February 1, 2020. Also admitted using threatening or abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause fear or violence in Reading on February 1, 2020. Also admitted failing to surrender to Reading Magistrates’ Court on March 4, 2020, having been released on bail. Given a conditional discharge for 12 months and ordered to pay £21 victim surcharge.

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March 9:

RICHARD HISCOCK, 25, of no fixed abode, admitted stealing two Tommy Hilfiger worth £170 from John Lewis in Reading on March 6, 2020. Sentenced to 20 weeks in prison due to severity of offence and defendant ‘has a flagrant disregard for court orders’. Also ordered to pay £170 compensation. Must also pay £85 court costs.

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