The following cases were heard at Reading Magistrates’ Courts:

December 8:

JOSHUA HILBORN-WEST, 19, of Park Avenue, Thatcham, admitted aggravated vehicle taking and vehicle damage of less than £5,000 in Thatcham on June 8. Also admitted driving otherwise in accordance with a licence in Thatcham on June 8, and admitted driving without the correct insurance in Thatcham on June 8. Fined £250. Also ordered to pay £34 victim surcharge and £85 court costs. Disqualified from driving for 12 months.

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SHANE MORRIS, 30, of Oxford Road, Reading, admitted driving without the correct insurance in Reading on October 23. Also admitted possession of cannabis in Reading on October 23, and admitted obstructing a police constable in Reading on October 23. Also admitted driving otherwise than in accordance with licence in Reading on October 23. Fined £200 total. Also ordered to pay £34 victim surcharge and £85 court costs. Disqualified from driving for six months.

SIOBHAN REID, 32, of Granville Road, Reading, admitted drink-driving on Granville Road, Reading, on August 3. Found to have 133mg alcohol per 100ml blood, exceeding the legal limit of 80mg. Fined £200. Also ordered to pay £34 victim surcharge and £85 court costs. Disqualified from driving for 18 months. 

MIHAI DASCALU, 40, of Coventry Road, Reading, admitted drink-driving on Cholmeley Road, Reading, on May 9. Found to have 59mcg alcohol per 100ml breath, exceeding the legal limit of 35mcg. Given a community order including 160 hours unpaid work. Also ordered to pay £95 victim surcharge and £135 court costs. Disqualified from driving for 40 months.

NATHAN BUTLER, 40, of Exmoor Road, Thatcham, admitted drug-driving on Crookham Common Road, Thatcham, on April 26. Found to have cannabis in his blood. Also admitted failing to provide specimen for analysis at Loddon Valley Police Station on October 10. Sentenced to 20 weeks in prison suspended for 12 months, due to severity of offence. Given a community order including 200 hours unpaid work. Also ordered to pay £128 victim surcharge and £170 total court costs. Disqualified from driving for 48 months. 

December 9:

MOLLIE WORTHY, 23, of Marchant Close, Thatcham, admitted drink-driving on Crookham Hill, Thatcham, on October 25. Found to have 63mcg alcohol per 100ml breath, exceeding the legal limit of 35mcg. Fined £275. Also ordered to pay £34 victim surcharge and £85 court costs. Disqualified from driving for 20 months. 

Reading Chronicle:

SAMANTHA GILLESPIE, 49, of Parsons Close, Newbury, admitted racially or religiously intentional harassment or alarm or distress by words or writing in Newbury on August 4. Fined £180. Also ordered to pay £34 victim surcharge and £85 court costs. 

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December 10: 

RYAN MERRITT, 32, of Camelford Close, Reading, admitted breaching a restraining order between December 6 to December 9. Sentenced to eight weeks in prison, due to severity of offence and due to offence being committed on bail. Ordered to pay £128. Also ordered to pay £85 court costs.

ANDREW TWELL, 50, of Thornford Road, Thatcham, admitted stalking involving serious alarm or distress in Fifield between December 1, 2019, and December 3, 2019. Sentenced to 26 weeks in prison suspended for 24 months, due to severity of offence. Restraining order made. Also ordered to pay £122 victim surcharge and £85 court costs. 

MARK HART, 28, of Castle Hill, Reading, admitted breaching a sexual harm prevention order in Reading on November 13, 2018. Fined £80. Also ordered to pay £30 victim surcharge and £85 court costs. 

GULSHAD HUSSAIN, 44, of Laud Close, Reading, admitted disclosing private information with intent to cause distress in Reading between March 18, 2018, and August 30, 2018. Given a community order including rehabilitation activity requirement. Also ordered to pay £85 court costs and £85 victim surcharge. 

DAVID JOHNSON, 19, of Oxford Road, Reading, admitted possession of cannabis in Wokingham on October 22. Fine £50. Also ordered to pay £34 victim surcharge and £85 court costs. 

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