The following cases were heard at Reading Magistrates’ Court

Friday, May 21

LUKE WRIGHT, 25, of Newtown Road, Newbury, convicted of travelling on a railway without having paid for a ticket in Reading on November 19, 2020. He was fined £320, made to pay £15.90 in compensation, a £34 victim surcharge and court costs of £180.
GERARD POWER, 51, of London Street, Reading, convicted of travelling on a railway without having paid for a ticket in Reading on November 20, 2020. He was fined £220, made to pay £19 in compensation, a £34 victim surcharge and court costs of £180.
CALLUM HENEGHAN, 22, of Newtown Road, Newbury, convicted of travelling on a railway without having paid for a ticket in Reading on November 19, 2020. He was fined £220, made to pay £15.90 in compensation, a £34 victim surcharge and court costs of £180.

May 24
CARLISLE BOVELL, 27, of Acorn Walk, Calcot, Reading, admitted drink-driving on Grovelands Road in Reading on August 31, 2020. He was caught with 70 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, the limit being 35mcg per 100ml. He also admitted to failing to stop after a road traffic accident. He was banned from driving for 18 months, told to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work, made to pay a £95 victim surcharge and ordered to pay £375 in court costs. 
LIAM QUILTY, 37, of Northumberland Avenue, convicted of assault and assaulting an emergency worker in Reading on August 14, 2020. He also admitted to possession of cannabis. He was fined £250, made to pay a £32 victim surcharge and told to pay £250 in court costs. 
JAMIE HEATHER, 34, of Duke Street, Reading, admitted to breaching a community order requirement of a suspended sentence. He was fined £120 and told to pay court costs of £60. 

May 25
KEATON MOREY, 18, of Southcote Lane, Reading, admitted to using threatening behaviour to cause fear of unlawful violence in Reading on April 17, 2021. He was given a conditional discharge for six months, made to pay a £22 victim surcharge, and ordered to pay £85 in court costs. 
MIHUT SANDU, 34, of Wokingham Road, Earley, admitted to drink driving on Wokingham Road, Earley, on April 29, 2021. He was caught with 84 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, the limit being 35mcg per 100ml. He also admitted to driving without insurance and driving without a licence on the same date. He was banned from holding a driving licence for 20 months, fined £400, made to pay a £40 victim surcharge and ordered to pay £85 in court costs. 
SHANNON DUNSTAN, 23, of Shaftesbury Road, Reading, convicted of intimidating a witness in proceedings for an offence, namely damaged her car and made verbal threats, in Reading on February 29, 2020. She was committed to prison for four weeks suspended for 18 months due to the severity of the offence. She was also made to pay £250 compensation. 
GRANT MILLS, 36, of Frilsham Road, Southcote, Reading, admitted driving without a licence and without insurance in Reading on September 10, 2020. He was banned from obtaining a driving licence for six months. He was also fined £106, made to pay a £34 victim surcharge, and ordered to pay £85 in court costs.
REBEKAH GILLESPIE, 27, of Newtown Road, Newbury, admitted stealing alcohol worth £98.99 from Waitrose in Thatcham on April 29, 2021. She was given a conditional discharge for 12 months, made to pay a £22 victim surcharge, and ordered to pay court costs of £85. 

May 26
ZEN BREEN, 38, of Crescent Road, Reading, admitted stealing a bank card and an iPhone belonging to a woman and to fraud by false representation in Reading on July 13, 2020. He was told to take part in up to 20 rehabilitation activity days, pay a £95 victim surcharge and ordered to pay court costs of £85. 
DANUT ILIOIU, 51, of Orchard Close, Newbury, admitted drink driving on Hambridge Lane, Newbury, on December 7, 2020. He was caught with 137 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of his breath, the limit being 35mcg per 100ml. He was banned from driving for three-and-a-half years, ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work, made to pay a £95 victim surcharge and ordered to pay court costs of £85. 

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