WEEKLY round up of hearings at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court. 

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August 14

SULTAN SOUDI, 40, of Springfield Close, Aylesbury, indicated guilty to breaching a restraining order on August 12 this year by attending an address he was prohibited to attend by an order put in place on January 16 this year. He was jailed for eight weeks due to the persistent breaches of court orders, this being the fifth breach since May. There were court costs of £85.

STEVEN MCCANN, 53, of Copyground Lane, High Wycombe, pleaded guilty to four counts of sending an electronic communications network a message that was grossly offensive or an indecent, obscene, or menacing character on September 23, 2022. He was given a six-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months. There were court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £154.

JACK KING, 27, of Hastoe Park, Aylesbury, indicated guilty to possession of a metal object resembling a wheel brace on June 30 this year in High Street, Aylesbury and one count of assault by beating on the same day. He was given a community order to complete 10 days of rehabilitation activity and 100 hours of unpaid work. There was an order for the metal brace to be forfeited and destroyed. There were court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £114.

ADAM HYDE, 37, of Manor House Close, Leyland, pleaded guilty to drink driving in Beaconsfield on August 1 this year with 54 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath as well as driving while disqualified. He was disqualified from driving for 15 months, reduced by 15 weeks, and fined £530. There were also court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £212.

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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.