WEEKLY round up of hearings at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court:

April 2024

NEIL BOWKER, 43, of Kelly Road, High Wycombe, convicted of harassment by breach of a restraining order in High Wycombe on April 3, 2024. Fined £733.

OMAR NOWAZ, 38, of Dean Close, High Wycombe, convicted of drug driving in Bowerdean Road, High Wycombe on July 2, 2023. Found to have cocaine in their system. Handed a community order to comply with 80 hours of unpaid work. Disqualified from driving for 18 months.

JAMES JACKSON, 33, of Berkhampstead Road, Chesham, convicted of speeding at 39mph in a 30mph zone in Amersham Road, Little Chalfont, on August 8, 2023. Fined £230. Also ordered to pay £90 court costs and £92 victim surcharge. Three points added to driving licence.

KAY KAYUM, 18, of, West Street, Steeple Claydon, convicted of causing without reasonable excuse on NHS premises a nuisance or disturbance at Stoke Mandeville hospital in Aylesbury on April 3, 2024. Fined £40. Also ordered to pay £85 court costs.

WILLIAM PEGG, 29, of Crest Road, High Wycombe, convicted of using threatening or abusive language or behaviour likely to cause alarm or distress in Stoke Mandeville Hospital on April 3, 2024. Fined £120. Also ordered to pay £85 court costs and £253 victim surcharge.

SAID KHAN, 46, of Cannock Road, Aylesbury, convicted of racially or religiously aggravated common assault/beating in Aylesbury on August 13, 2023. Fined £270 and must pay £100 compensation. Also ordered to pay £310 court costs.

GAVIN HALE, 61, of Nicholas Close, Amersham, convicted of drink-driving in Stanley Hill, Amersham, on March 9, 2024. Found to have 65mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath, the legal limit being 35mcg. Fined £192. Also ordered to pay £85 court costs and £77 victim surcharge. Disqualified from driving for 18 months.

CLAIRE MCCARTHY, 30, of Discovery Street, Aylesbury, convicted of assault by beating in Aylesbury on September 1, 2023. Given a community order to comply with alcohol abstinence and a curfew via electronic monitoring. Must also undertake 120 hours of unpaid work. Ordered to pay £250 compensation.

SHAHZAIB ZAMAN, 23, of The Frithe, Slough, convicted of drink-driving in Wood Lane, Iver, on April 2, 2024. Found to have 145mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath, the legal limit being 35mcg. Sentenced to nine weeks in prison suspended for 12 months due to severity of offence however has previous good character. Must undertake 180 hours of unpaid work. Also ordered to pay £85 court costs and £154 victim surcharge. Disqualified from driving for 36 months.

DAMON SMITH, 33, of Chapmans Crescent, Chesham, convicted of drink-driving in Chartridge Lane, Chesham, on October 29, 2023. Found to have 190mg of alcohol in 100ml of breath, the legal limit being 80mg. Fined £830. Also ordered to pay £85 court costs and £332 victim surcharge. Disqualified from driving for 19 months.

JAMIE WISE, 30, of Redshaw Close, Buckingham, convicted of drink-driving in Market Hill, Buckingham, on April 6, 2024. Found to have 83mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath, the legal limit being 35mcg. Fined £461. Also ordered to pay £85 court costs and £184 victim surcharge. Disqualified from driving for 19 months.

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