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

May 31:

  • Peter Gillespy, 62, of Bishopstone Road, Stone. Exceeding the 60mph speed limit on the A4146 Great Brickhill on August 12, 2021. Speed recorded was 84mph. Fined £460. Costs £136. Disqualified from driving for six months.
  • Oliver Cove, 35, of Woodhill Avenue, Gerrards Cross. Exceeding the 40mph speed limit on the A41 Bicester, Oxfordshire, on July 17, 2021. Speed recorded was 72mph. Fined £666. Costs £156. Driving record endorsed with six points. No totting disqualification.
  • Zoe Halilaj, 40, of Rutland Avenue, Slough. Failing to give information relating to the identification of a driver who was alleged to have been guilty of an offence between August 2, 2021 and August 30, 2021. Fined £660. Costs £156. Disqualified from driving for six months.
  • Sajida Ali, 49, of Penn Road, Aylesbury. Failing to give information relating to the identification of a driver who was alleged to have been guilty of an offence between August 18, 2021 and September 15, 2021. Fined £169. Costs £124. Disqualified from driving for six months.
  • Jack Adams, 22, of Chantry Road, Aylesbury. Assault by beating in Aylesbury on February 10. Fined £200. Costs £119.
  • Jorden Rogers, 24, of Linden End, Aylesbury. Driving over the drug drive limit. On December 5, 2021, in Hardwick, had a proportion of cocaine in their blood. Fined £215. Disqualified from driving for 12 months. Driving over the drink drive limit in Hardwick on December 5, 2021. Fined £323. Costs £185. Driving over the drug drive limit. On December 15, 2021, in Hardwick, had a proportion of Benzoylecgonine in their blood. No separate penalty.
  • Gemma Denwood, 34, of Ayrshire Close, Aylesbury. Driving over the drug drive limit. On December 13, 2021, in Aylesbury, had a proportion of Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol in their blood. Fined £120. Costs £119. Disqualified from driving for 12 months.
  • Joe Morris, 25, of Highwood Crescent. Driving over the drug drive limit. On May 31, in Marlow, had a proportion of Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol in their blood. Fined £80. Costs £119. Disqualified from driving for 12 months.
  • Lesley Jackson, 53, of Bennetts, Chesham. Driving over the drink drive limit in Eskdale Avenue, Chesham, on May 7. Fined £80. Costs £84. Disqualified from driving for 15 months.
  • Chantelle Brinkley, 23, of Priory Avenue, High Wycombe. Assault by beating of an emergency worker in High Wycombe on May 14. Compensation £30. Community order made. Costs £180. Assault by beating of an emergency worker in High Wycombe on May 14. Community order made. Assault by beating of an emergency worker in High Wycombe on May 14. Community order made.
  • Darren Gipson, 43, of Marsh Road, Little Kimble. Driving over the drink drive limit in Mandeville Road, Little Kimble, on May 14. Fined £120. Costs £119. Disqualified from driving for 18 months.
  • Sheldon Cobbler, 23, of Olympic Way, High Wycombe. Possession of a knife blade in a public place. On May 15, at Beaconsfield Services, Beaconsfield, had a switchblade. Committed to prison for six months suspended for 18 months. Must carry out 150 hours of unpaid work within 18 months. Costs £213. Knife to be forfeited and destroyed.
  • Patrick Callion, 39, of The Green, Wooburn Green. Driving over the drink drive limit in Holtspur on May 15. Costs £180. Community order made. Must carry out 120 hours of unpaid work within 12 months. Disqualified from driving for 52 months.

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