The following cases were heard at Reading and Slough Magistrates’ Courts.

October 6:

VIACESLAUAS SCREBAKOVAS, 39, of Norwich Road, Thornton Heath, admitted being drunk and disorderly at Maidenhead Train Station, on March 27, 2022. Fined £166. also ordered to pay £34 victim surcharge and £85 court costs.

October 7:

CLINT O’CONNELL, 41, of Duffield Road, Reading, admitted driving a large good vehicle or passenger carrying vehicle on Llandeym Road, Cardiff, while disqualified from driving on May 22. Given a community order to comply with requirements including 60 hours unpaid work. Also ordered to pay £95 victim surcharge and £85 court costs.

SARAH GALE, 34, of Silbury Close, Reading, admitted speeding on the A33 Northbound in Reading on June 12, 2021. Found to be exceeding the 40mph limit. Fined £200.Also ordered to pay £34 victim surcharge and £90 court costs.

WAYNE BROOKS, 54, of Warwick Avenue, Slough, admitted failing to comply with requirements of a community order by not attending unpaid work on June 9, and June 16. Fined £50.

SHANE CLACK, 37, of Kingsquarter, Maidenhead, admitted failing to comply with requirements of a community order by not attending planned appointments on August 9, and August 16. Ordered to pay £65 court costs.

HENRY FURNEY, 33, of Hanover Way, Windsor, admitted failing to comply with requirements of a suspended sentence by not attending unpaid work on July 5, July 12, and August 9. Suspended sentence varied to include 26 weeks in prison suspended for 18 months and varied requirements. Also ordered to pay £65 court costs.

LEON LI, 19, of High Street, Slough, admitted failing to comply with requirements of a community order by not attending unpaid work on August 30. Fined £50.

CHRISTIAN RATKA, 32, Penn Road, Slough, admitted failing to comply with requirements of a community order by not attending appointments on August 16, August 30, and September 6. Fined £100.

HARJINDER MALHI, 47, of Sheepcote Road, Eton Wick, admitted failing to comply with requirements of a community order by not attending appointments on June 7, and June 14. Ordered to pay £65 court costs.

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