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

February 28:

  • George Brundrett, 29, of Long Hide, Princes Risborough. Driving over the drink drive limit on the A4010 Risborough Road on October 10, 2021. Fined £320. Costs £119. Disqualified from driving for 14 months.
  • Gerard Barrett, 35, Oxford Road, Gerrards Cross. Possession of a controlled class A drug. On November 1, 2020, in Gerrards Cross, had a quantity of cocaine in their possession. Fined £120. Costs £119. Cocaine to be forfeited and destroyed.
  • Amanda Wilson, 51, of Barrie Close, Aylesbury. Driving over the drink drive limit in Jackson Road, Aylesbury, on December 14, 2021. Fined £120. Costs £119. Disqualified from driving for 18 months.

March 1:

  • Nick Burridge, 69, of Walton Dene, Aylesbury. Exceeding the 30mph speed limit in Buckingham Road, Aylesbury, on April 7, 2021. Speed recorded was 37mph. Fined £200. Costs £124. Driving record endorsed with three points. No totting disqualification.
  • Jawad Mirza, 33, of Lyndhurst Road, Chesham. Failing to give information relating to the identification of a driver who was alleged to have been guilty of an offence on May 21, 2021. Fined £660. Costs £156. Disqualified from driving for six months.

March 2:

  • Vishuhara Balendran, 32, of Desborough Road, High Wycombe. Failing without reasonable excuse to comply with the requirements of a community order made by Wycombe Magistrates’ Court by failing to attend planned office visits on December 12, 2021, December 30, 2021 and January 11, 2022. Fined £307. Costs £60.
  • Phillip Roots, 49, of Straight Bit, Flackwell Heath. Failing without reasonable excuse to comply with the requirements of a community order made by Wycombe Magistrates’ Court by failing to comply with BRR programme. Costs £60.
  • Henry Martin, 18, of Orchehill Avenue, Gerrards Cross. Failing without reasonable excuse to comply with the requirements of a youth rehabilitation order made by Wycombe Youth Court by failing to attend unpaid work sessions on October 25, 2021, and November 4, 2021. Fined £40. Costs £60.
  • Omar Ahmed, 23, of Heathfield Road, High Wycombe. Travelling on a railway without paying a fare between High Wycombe and Ruislip on August 8, 2021. Fined £147. Costs £213. Compensation £9.60.
  • Christina Balogun, 24, of Quebec Road, High Wycombe. Travelling on a railway without paying a fare between Gerrards Cross and High Wycombe on July 22, 2021. Fined £220. Costs £213. Compensation £6.60.
  • Hajara Begum, 22, of Prebnedal Avenue, Aylesbury. Travelling on a railway without paying a fare between Stoke Mandeville and London Marylebone on July 28, 2021. Fined £220. Costs £213. Compensation £14.70. Travelling on a railway without paying a fare between Amersham and London Marylebone on August 10, 2021. Compensation £9.
  • Anthony Burgess, 37, of Cherry Tree Road, Beaconsfield. Travelling on a railway without paying a fare between Beaconsfield and Princes Risborough on August 31, 2021. Fined £220. Costs £213. Compensation £8.10. Attempting to pass through an automatic ticket barrier without passing through the barrier in the correct manner in Beaconsfield on August 31, 2021. No separate penalty.
  • Christopher Caiulo, 37, of Holtspur Top Lane, Beaconsfield. Travelling on a railway without paying a fare between Beaconsfield and London Marylebone on September 9, 2021. Fined £146. Costs £213. Compensation £13.30.

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