Weekly round up of hearings at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court. 

March 19

ZULUF KULUME, 30, of no fixed abode, was found guilty of possession cannabis on March 4 this year as well as assaulting a police officer on the same day. He was jailed for 26 weeks and made to pay £50 in compensation. There was also an order for the drugs to be forfeited and destroyed.

TYLER BURTON, 26, of Ash Close, Edgware, was found guilty of drug driving in High Wycombe on October 30 last year. He was fined £120 and disqualified from driving for 12 months. There also an £85 court cost and a £20 victim surcharge.

JONATHAN O’BRIEN, 32, of Wightman Road, London, was found guilty of handling stole goods by dishonestly undertaking or assisting in the retention, removal, disposal or relation of stolen goods, including several personal possessions and documents, for the benefit or another. He was given a eight week jail sentence. He was also made to pay £85 in court costs.

April 10

MICHAEL MCCARTHY, 31, of Old Gloucester Road, Winterbourne, pleaded guilty to drug driving in Beaconsfield on November 24 last year. He was disqualified from driving for 12 months and made to pay a fine of £230. There was also an £85 court cost.

MEHTAB MEHRBAN, 37, of HMP Bullingdon, was found guilty of possessing cannabis in Aylesbury on February 27 this year. An order was made for the drugs to be forfeited and destroyed. There was no order for costs.

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