The following cases were heard at Reading and Slough Magistrates’ Court:

March 13:

NATHAN BARNES, 28, of Spinis, Bracknell, convicted of travelling on a Great Western Railway service without having paid the £5.32 train fare in Reading on August 22, 2019. Fined £440 and ordered to pay £5.32 compensation. Also ordered to pay £5.32 victim surcharge and £160 court costs.

JAMES UTTON, 32, of Heron Close, Ascot, admitted drug driving in Priestwood Avenue, Bracknell, on September 25, 2019. Found to have cannabis in his blood. Fined £456 and ordered to pay £45 victim surcharge. Must also pay £85 court costs. Disqualified from driving for 12 months.

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March 16:

MARK CONNOR, 46, of Deepfield Road, Bracknell, admitted failing to comply with requirements of a community order by not attending office appointments on January 2, 2020, and February 12, 2020. Given a varied community order with rehabilitation activity requirements. Also ordered to pay £20 court costs.

SIMON BOSWELL, 38, of Gloucester avenue, Wokingham, admitted using a vehicle on the Blackboy Roundabout in Shinfield Road, without the correct insurance on November 20, 2019. Also admitted with using the same vehicle without the correct test certificate on the same occasion. Admitted using the same vehicle while a child under 135cm was in the front seat without a booster seat and only using the lap part of a seatbelt on the same occasion. Fined £499 and ordered to pay £33 victim surcharge. Must also pay £85 court costs. Six points added to driving licence.

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SERGIO BASELLI, 40, of Malt Hill in Warfield, Bracknell, admitted drink-driving in Victoria Street, Windsor, on February 23, 2020. Found to have 60mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath, the legal limit being 35mcg. Also admitted driving on the same occasion without the correct insurance or licence. Fined £400 and ordered to pay £40 victim surcharge. Must also pay £85 court costs. Disqualified from driving for 17 months.

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