WEEKLY round up of hearings at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court. 

March 19:

STEVEN DOYLE, 35, of Victoria Street, High Wycombe, was found guilty of breaching a restraining order on March 20 this year. He was given a jail sentence of 12 weeks suspended for 12 months to enabled Doyle to continue work with probation. There was also an order for 10 days of rehabilitation activity and a court cost of £85.

LIAM AVIS BATES, 29, of no fixed abode, was found guilty of sending offensive, obscene or indecent messages via electronic communications between July 1, 2020 and March 16, 2021. He was also found guilty of harassing another person by posting defamatory messages on Facebook on August 28 last year. He was sentenced for 18 weeks in jail, suspended for 24 months. There was also an £85 court cost and a victim surcharge of £128.

IGOR KRYZMIENIECKA, 22, of Cumberland Avenue, Slough, was found guilty of drug driving in West Wycombe Road onto Desborough Park Road on October 5 last year. He was disqualified from driving for 36 months and fined £120.

JAROSLW PAWLAK, 45, of Windrush Driver, High Wycombe, was found guilty of drug driving on November 12 last year in Marlow. He was disqualified from driving for 12 months and fined £120. There was also court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £48.

DAVID O’LEARY, 59, of Reading Street, Swindon, was found guilty of driving in Rye Hill, Wigginton without due care and attention on August 16 last year. He was fined £293 and six penalty points were added to his licence. There was also a £110 court cost and a victim surcharge of £117.

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