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

March 28:

  • Sinead Harrison, 32, of London Road, High Wycombe. Assault by beating of an emergency worker in High Wycombe on January 6. Fined £200. Compensation £100. Costs £119.
  • Fiona Gibbs, 63, of Pines Close, Great Missenden. Driving over the drink drive limit in Nags Head Lane, Great Missenden, on March 9. Fined £500. Costs £135. Disqualified from driving for 19 months.
  • Jack Gwilliam, 22, of Grenville Road, Aylesbury. Using threatening or abusive words or behaviour to cause alarm or distress in Aylesbury on March 10. Fined £80. Driving without due care and attention in Prebnedal Avenue, Aylesbury, on March 10. Fined £40. Costs £119. Driving record endorsed with three points.
  • James Scott, 40, of Chairborough Road, High Wycombe. Possession of an offensive weapon in a public place. On March 10, in West Wycombe Road, High Wycombe, had a large hammer in their possession. Committed to prison for three months, suspended for 12 months. Community order made. Must be under curfew with electronic monitoring for two months. Hammer to be forfeited and destroyed. Possession of a knife blade or sharp pointed article in a public place. On March 12, in Birches Rise, High Wycombe, had a kitchen knife in their possession without good reason or lawful authority. Committed to prison for six months consecutive, suspended for 12 months. Costs £85. Community order made. Knife to be forfeited and destroyed. Overall length of sentence nine months.
  • Brandon Stoute, 27, of Crest Road, Booker. Breaching a non-molestation order in High Wycombe on March 26. Restraining order made. Fined £200. Costs £119.
  • Lee Ruffle, 40, of Broad Street, Chesham. Driving over the drug drive limit. On October 3, 2021, in Oxford Road, Denham, had a proportion of Benzoylecgonine in their blood. Disqualified from driving for 12 months. Driving over the drug drive limit. On October 3, 2021, in Oxford Road, Denham, had a proportion of cocaine in their blood. Fined £323. Costs £119.

March 29:

  • Nadia Sehovic, 34, of Venics Way, High Wycombe. Exceeding the 40mph speed limit on the A41, Bicester, on May 15, 2021. Speed recorded was 76mph. Fined £1,000. Costs £190. Disqualified from driving for 28 days.
  • Michael Thornton, 60, of Mead Avenue, Slough. Exceeding the 60mph speed limit in Uxbridge Road, Slough, on April 18, 2021. Speed recorded was 60mph. fined £66. Costs £34. Driving record endorsed with three points.
  • Khaliel Khan, 62, of Canterbury Avenue, Slough. Failing to give information relating to the identification of a driver who was alleged to have been guilty of an offence. Fined £600. Costs £156. Disqualified from driving for six months.
  • Raja Matloob, 39, of Beaumont Road, Slough. Exceeding the 30mph speed limit in Wellington Street, Slough, on May 18, 2021. Speed recorded was 35mph. Fined £40. Costs £60. Driving record endorsed with three points.

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