WEEKLY round up of hearings at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court. 

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May 26:

RAJA KHAN, 18, of Churchill Avenue, Aylesbury, pleaded guilty to drug driving on January 6 this year in High Wycombe. He was disqualified from driving for 12 months and fined £120. There were also court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £48.

MATTHEW DUDZIAK-LYNCH, 21, of Thorpe Crescent, Watford, pleaded guilty to failing to stop a vehicle on April 29 this year in Amersham. He has been disqualified from driving for 17 months and fined £200. There were also court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £80.

SONJA-JANE MITCHELL, 48, of Beaconsfield Road, Aylesbury, pleaded guilty to stealing 50 euros belonging to someone else on August 12 last year as well as taking conveyance of a Ford KA in Aston Clinton on the same day. She was fined £280. There were also court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £112.

STEPHEN HITCHINSON, 66, of Batt Furlong, Aylesbury, pleaded guilty to drink driving on May 2 with namely 46 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. He was disqualified from driving for 14 months and fined £120. There were also court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £48.

TAMMY ROBINSON, 47, of Douglas Court, Marlow, indicated guilty to assaulting a police constable by beating him on May 2 in Marlow. She was given a low-level community order, fined £200 and ordered to pay £50 in compensation. There were also courts of £85 and a victim surcharge of £80.

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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.