Weekly round-up of hearings at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court:

November 22:

  • Spencer McGuinness, 44, of Mayfield Road, Wooburn Green. Exceeding the 30mph speed limit in A4155 Little Marlow Road, Marlow, on July 18, 2020. Speed recorded was 35mph. Fined £198. Costs £119. Driving record endorsed with three points.
  • Ephraim Allen, 29, of Booker Place, High Wycombe. Failing to provide a specimen for analysis when suspected of having driven a vehicle in Maidenhead on June 8, 2020. Disqualified from driving for 12 months.

November 23:

  • Umar Ali, 21, of Mentmore Close, High Wycombe. Exceeding the 30mph speed limit in Totteridge Lane, High Wycombe, on January 20. Speed recorded was 36mph. Fined £67. Costs £90. Driving record endorsed with three points. Exceeding the 30mph speed limit in Totteridge Lane, High Wycombe, on January 20. Speed recorded was 36mph. No separate penalty.

November 24:

  • Mitchell Cray, 31, of Victoria Street, Aylesbury. Failing without reasonable excuse to comply with the requirements of a community order made by Milton Keynes Magistrates’ Court by failing to attend unpaid work sessions on September 12 and October 24. Community order made. Costs £60.

November 25:

  • Lucas Gomes, 21, of Conegra Court, High Wycombe. Driving over the drug drive limit. On March 24, 2020, in Townfield Road, High Wycombe, had a proportion of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in their blood. Fined £80. Disqualified from driving for 15 months. Possession of a controlled class B drug. On August 13, 2020, in High Wycombe, had a quantity of cannabis in their possession. Fined £120. Costs £119. Cannabis to be forfeited and destroyed.

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