The following cases were heard at Reading Magistrates’ Court:

September 13

ADAM COBBE, 27, of George Street, Reading, convicted of assault by beating in Reading on July 30, 2021. Committed to prison for 15 weeks suspended for 20 months. Made to pay £328 in court fees. 
LEON PEARSON, 23, of Ramsey Close, Lower Earley, Reading, admitted assault thereby occasioning actual bodily harm in Reading on November 14, 2019. Committed to prison for 23 weeks suspended for 24 months Requirement to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work. Must pay £100 compensation and £328 in court fees. 

September 15

CARL WAITE, 38, of Parkview, Reading, convicted of stealing a caravan of an unknown value in North Somerset on May 2, 2019. Committed to prison for eight months suspended for 18 months. Must pay compensation of £500 and court fees of £128. 
MAGDALENA JURKIEWICZ, 37, of Shaftesbury Road, Reading, admitted two counts of assaulting an emergency worker in Reading on January 12, 2021. Community order made. Requirement to carry out 140 hours of unpaid work. Must pay compensation of £300 and court fees of £95. 

September 17
ROBERT PIGGOTT, 32, of Bath Road, Reading, admitted possession of cannabis in Bournemouth on August 27, 2021. Fined £300 and must pay £119 in court fees. 
MARC MURRAY, 40, of Kings Road, Caversham, admitted racially and religiously aggravated harassment using threatening behaviour to cause distress in Reading August 21, 2019. Community order made. Requirement to carry out 50 hours of unpaid work. Must pay £50 in compensation and £200 in court fees. 
KAROLY BERKI, 41, of Kensington Road, Reading, admitted dumping waste including beer bottles, paint tins and brown envelopes with her name on it in bin bags at a bottle bank. Fined £292, must pay compensation of £74 and ordered to pay £119 in court fees. 
HERBERT CAULKER, 25, of Stanhope Road, Reading, convicted of travelling on railway without paying the £3.50 train fare in Farnborough North on February 15, 2021. Fined £440. Also ordered to pay £3.50 compensation. Must pay £44 victim surcharge and £180 court costs. 
JOSEPH DIGHTON, 19, of Russell Street, Reading, convicted of travelling on railway without paying the £3.70 train fare in Reading on March 30, 2021. Fined £440. Also ordered to pay £3.70 compensation. Must pay £44 victim surcharge and £180 court costs. 
LEVI HEHOLT, 30 of Gainsborough Road, Reading, convicted of travelling on a railway without paying the £4.20 train fare in Reading on April 7, 2021. Fined £440. Also ordered to pay £4.20 compensation. Must pay £44 victim surcharge and £180 court costs. 
DAVID PATTERSON, 30, of Lesford Road, Reading, convicted of travelling on a railway without paying the £4.20 train fare in Reading on March 30, 2021. Fined £440. Also ordered to pay £4.20 compensation. Must pay £44 victim surcharge and £180 court costs. 
Mohamed Sillah, 23, of Whitley Street, Reading, convicted of travelling on a railway without paying the £26.60 train fare in Reading on April 8, 2021. Fined £440. Also ordered to pay £26.60 compensation. Must pay £44 victim surcharge and £180 court costs. 
JUSTIN BAYO, 43, of South Street, convicted of travelling on a railway without paying the £26.60 train fare in Reading on April 11, 2021. Fined £440. Also ordered to pay £26.60 compensation. Must pay £44 victim surcharge and £180 court costs. 
AIME BLACKFORD, 21, of Rose Kiln Lane, Reading, convicted of travelling on a railway without paying the £16.10 train fare in Reading on April 12, 2021. Fined £440. Also ordered to pay £16.10 compensation. Must pay £44 victim surcharge and £180 court costs. 
LAWRENCE GERARD, 18, of Ash Road, Tilehurst, convicted of travelling on a railway without paying the £26.90 train fare in Reading on April 8, 2021. Fined £440. Also ordered to pay £26.90 compensation. Must pay £44 victim surcharge and £180 court costs. 
MICHAEL VEDRAL, 19, of Southcote Road, Reading, convicted of travelling on a railway without paying the £10.70 train fare in Reading on April 15, 2021. Fined £440. Also ordered to pay £10.70 compensation. Must pay £44 victim surcharge and £180 court costs. 

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