THE following cases appeared at Reading Magistrates' Court.

July 15:

KAMAL MUSTAFA, 22, of Stone Street, Reading, admitted possession of four small bags of class B drug cannabis in Reading on May 24, 2019. Given a conditional discharge for 12 months. Also ordered to pay £21 victim surcharge.

ALASTAIR DRUMMOND, 29, of Kingman Way, Newbury in West Berkshire, admitted assault in Newbury on January 1, 2020. Fined £180 and ordered to pay £50 compensation. Also ordered to pay £32 victim surcharge and £85 court costs.

JOSHUA MCCLURE, 23, of Jasmine Square, Reading, admitted stealing cleaning products worth £70 from the Co-op in Reading on September 16, 2019. Given a conditional discharge for 12 months. Ordered to pay £70 compensation. Must also pay £21 victim surcharge and £85 court costs.

July 16:

RYAN MURPHY, 19, of no fixed abode, admitted sending public communication of an offensive or indecent or obscene or menacing message or matter in Wiltshire on May 7, 2020. Also admitted assault by beating in Reading on May 2, 2020. Given a community order to comply with rehabilitation activity and must also undertake 200 hours of unpaid work. Also ordered to pay £95 victim surcharge.

MARK RAWLINGS, 35, of The Close, Reading, admitted drink-driving in Palmers Lane, Burghfield, on May 31, 2020. Found to have 41mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath, the legal limit being 35mcg. Fined £100. Also ordered to pay £34 victim surcharge and £85 court costs. Disqualified from driving for 12 months.

REBECCA MAHER, 48, of Ilfracombe Way, Reading, admitted drink-driving in Asda car park in Chalfont Way, Lower Earley, on June 2, 2020. Found to have 126mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath, the legal limit being 35mcg. Also admitted drink-driving at the same location on June 5, 2020. Found to have 151mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath, the legal limit being 35mcg. Sentenced to 15 weeks in prison suspended for 18 months due to severity of offence and due to high reading. Order includes rehabilitation activity and also includes 100 hours of unpaid work. Also ordered to pay £128 victim surcharge and £85 court costs. Disqualified from driving for 36 months.

DANIEL HEWITT, 24, of Wantage Road, Reading, admitted harassment without violence by loitering out a work address and various contact with a person between February 16, 2020, and February 22, 2020. Given a conditional discharge for 12 months and made subject to a restraining order. Also ordered to pay £21 victim surcharge and £85 court costs.

KIERON EVANS, 20, of Caversham Road, Reading, admitted stealing a pair of hir straighteners worth £260 from John Lewis in Newbury on February 11, 2020. Also admitted stealing a bicycle worth £1,000 from Reading on March 23, 2020, and admitted stealing a bicycle worth £1,200 in Reading on March 17, 2020. Given a community order to comply with rehabilitation activity and must undertake 250 hours of unpaid work. Also ordered to pay £250 compensation and £90 victim surcharge.

July 17:

JONATHAN CHINA, 29, of Brackstone Close, Reading, admitted breaching a non-molestation order by making repeated phone calls in Reading on June 18, 2020. Given a community order to comply with 60 hours unpaid work and made subject to a restraining order. Also ordered to pay £95 victim surcharge and £85 court costs.

NASIR SHAHZAD, 47, of Tern Close, Reading, admitted possession of indecent photographs in Reading on or before January 21, 2016. Given a community order to comply with curfew requirements with electronic monitoring for two months. Made subject of a sexual harm prevention order for five years. Also ordered to pay £60 victim surcharge and £375 court costs.

WILLIAM MEARS, 31, of Beech Lane, Earley, admitted drink-driving in Oxford Road, Reading, on May 3, 2020. Found to have 101mcg of breath in 100ml of breath, the legal limit being 35mcg. Given a community order to comply with rehabilitation activity and must undertake 120 hours unpaid work. Also ordered to pay £95 victim surcharge and £85 court costs. Disqualified from driving for 26 months.

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