The following cases were heard at Reading Magistrates’ Court:

March 25

CONSTANTIN URSACHE, 46, of Cresswell Road, Newbury, admitted to committing assault in Newbury on February 29, 2020. He was ordered to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work, told to pay a victim surcharge of £90 and ordered to pay costs of £85. 
STEVEN RATIC, 45, of Lingfield Road, Newbury, was convicted of assault by beating and use of violence to secure entry to a premises in Newbury on March 17, 2020. He was handed a restraining order from the victim, fined £400, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £95, and made to pay costs of £770. 
JASBIR SINGH, 51, of Colemans Moor Road, Woodley, Reading, admitted to resisting a police officer in the execution of their duty in Woodley on April 28, 2020. He was fined £777, ordered to pay costs of £693, and told to pay a victim surcharge of £77.

March 26
PAUL LONG, 48, of South Street, Reading, admitted to trespassing and stealing a radio at a property on South Street on March 19, 2021. He was committed to prison for 18 weeks due to the severity of the offence. Long was also ordered to pay £300 compensation.
NATHAN SIGGERS, 22, of Adwood Court, Thatcham, admitted to driving while under the influence of cannabis and cocaine on Adwood Court on April 25, 2020. He was banned from driving for 24 months, fined £400, told to pay a victim surcharge of £40 and ordered to pay costs of £300. 
ASIF FAROOQ, 44, of Kensington Road, Reading, admitted to stealing 20 mascara items from Superdrug in Reading on November 17, 2020 and to stealing eight mascara items from the same store on November 26, 2020. He was given a conditional discharge, ordered to pay compensation of £100, told to pay a victim surcharge of £22 and ordered to pay costs of £85.
QASIM ARIF, 31, of Northumberland Avenue, Reading, admitted to failing to provided a blood sample when requested by police, failing to comply with a road-side drugs wipe test, and driving without insurance on Vastern Road in Reading on October 15, 2020. He was banned from driving for 36 months, told to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work, made to pay a victim surcharge of £95, ordered to pay costs of £85

March 29
JURAJ MURANSKY, 30, of Helmsdale Close, admitted to breaching a non-molestation order on Reading Road, Pangbourne, on March 20, 2021. He was committed to prison for 14 days due to the severity of the offence. He was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £128. 
AMBER RIDGEWELL, 25, of Mount Pleasant, Reading, admitted to stealing cash and leather gloves from a vehicle in Reading on March 23, 2021. She therefore breached a suspended sentence for 22 previous offences and was committed to prison for 36 weeks due to the severity of the offence. She was also told to pay a victim surcharge of £128.
OMAR BROWN, 39, of Oxford Road, Newbury, admitted to driving while under the influence of cannabis on Bath Road, Thatcham on June 20, 2020. He was banned from driving for 14 months, fined £300, told to pay a victim surcharge of £34, and made to pay costs of £85. 
RANDEEP SINGH, 34, of Northumberland Avenue, Reading, admitted to drink driving on the A340, Theale, on February 15, 2021. He was banned from driving for 18 months, fined £300, told to pay a victim surcharge of £34 and ordered to pay costs of £85. 

March 30
DEON CONEY, 26, of Southampton Street, Reading, admitted to criminal damage of a property, namely a Peugeot van, in Reading on July 10, 2020. He was given a conditional discharge, made to pay compensation of £275, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £22, and told to pay costs of £85.
DAIANA-ELENA CONSTANTINESCU, 29, of Redshank Court, Thatcham, admitted to drink driving on Lower Way road in Thatcham on February 26, 2021. She was caught with 75 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of her breath, the limit being 35mg per 100ml. She was banned from driving for 18 months, fined £290, made to pay a victim surcharge of £34, and ordered to pay costs of £85. 

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