WEEKLY round up of hearings at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court. 

March 3:

LAWRENCE HUNTER, 24, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to assaulting a woman on February 14 this year. On the same day, he stole a bottle of vodka worth £13.79 from Desborough Park Road Service Station. He was ordered to pay £200 in compensation and was made subject to a restraining order. He will also need to complete 30 days of rehabilitation activity.

LUZIM GLLAVA, 42, of Granville Street, Aylesbury, pleaded guilty to drink driving on January 15 this year namely 70 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. They will disqualified from driving for 17 months and fined £120. They were also made to pay £85 in court costs and a victim surcharge of £48.

CALLUM BRADSHAW, 19, of Piggotts Orchard, Amersham, was found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, on January 22 last year. He was imprisoned for six months suspended for a year and made to pay £770 in court costs.

JULIE PEARSON, 55, of High Street South, Stewkley, pleaded guilty to stalking between September 1, 2021 and May 30, 2022 by sending numerous call, messages and voicemails to a man. She was jailed for six months suspended for a year and was made to complete 17 days of rehabilitation activity as well as being subject to a restraining order. She also has to pay £85 in court costs.

CHRISTOPHER MCEVOY, 38, of Crest Road, High Wycombe, was found guilty of breaching a non-molestation order on April 8 last year. He was a given a six month prison sentence, suspended for a year and made to pay an £85 court cost and a £114 victim surcharge.

It is established in the UK that court cases should be heard in public. This principle of open justice is acclaimed on a number of grounds: as a safeguard against judicial error and as a deterrent to perjury, to assist the deterrent function of trials and to permit the revelation of matters of public interest. Costs include victim surcharge and courts charges.