Round-up of hearings at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court

May 2024

LAURA MASON, 45, of Serpentine court, Bletchley, convicted of stealing several pairs of jeans worth £120 from Next Retail in Bletchley on December 19, 2023. Also convicted of stealing a quantity of chocolate bars worth £60.20 from Co-op in Bletchley on December 28, 2023. Fined £80. 
VASILE NEACSU, 49, of Lyndhurst Road, Chesham, convicted of drink-driving in Nashleigh Hill, Chesham, on May 5, 2024. Found to have 119mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath, the legal limit being 35mcg. Sentenced to 16 weeks in prison due to severity of the offence and due to ‘flagrant disregard for court orders’. Ordered to pay £85 court costs. Disqualified from driving for 62 months.
MATTHEW MUSZALIK, 47, of Hughenden Road, High Wycombe, convicted of drug-driving in Gillets Lane, High Wycombe, on November 16, 2023. Found to have cocaine in their system. also convicted of fraudulently using a vehicle registration in High Wycombe on November 16, 2023.Handed a community order to comply with 160 hours of unpaid work. Ordered to pay £85 court costs and £114 victims surcharge. Disqualified from driving for three years. 
CHRISTOPHER MORTON, 49, of Lower Road, Stoke Mandeville, convicted of drink-driving in Summerleys Road, Princes Risborough, on April 21, 2024. Found to have 92mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath, the legal limit being 35mcg. Given a community order to comply with alcohol rehabilitation and made subject to a electronic monitoring tag curfew. Also ordered to undertake 80 hours unpaid work. Must also pay £85 court costs and £114 victim surcharge. Disqualified from driving for 24 months.
WILLIAM BRAINCH, of Oxford Road, Stokenchurch, convicted of speeding on the M40 between Junction 4 and Junction 5 near High Wycombe on September 3, 2023. Found to be exceeding the 70mph limit. Fined £800 and ordered to pay £90 court costs and £320 victim surcharge. Six points added to driving licence.
JOEL SUTHAKARAN, 21, of Church Street, Wolverton, convicted of using a vehicle without the correct insurance in place in Saxon street, Milton Keynes, on August 29, 2023. Fined £484. Also ordered to pay £90 court costs and £194 victim surcharge. Disqualified from driving for six months.
SHANE GROOBY, 48, of West Wycombe Road, High Wycombe, convicted of two counts of assault by beating in Aylesbury on March 22, 2024, and also convicted of three counts of racial or religiously aggravated harassment or distress by words or writing in Aylesbury on the same date. Sentenced to 20 weeks in prison due to severity of the offence, previous character and vulnerable victims.
ASHLEY BURTON, 28, of Eastern Dene, Hazlemere, convicted of assault by beating of an emergency worker in Maidenhead on September 25, 2023, by biting their shoe. Also convicted of racial or religiously aggravated harassment or distress by words or writing in Princes Risborough on September 25, 2023. Given a community order to comply with alcohol rehabilitation treatment. Also ordered to pay £100 compensation, £85 court costs and £114 victim surcharge. 
FARZANA KOUSAIR, 44, of Olivier Way, Aylesbury, convicted of using a mobile phone while driving a vehicle in Oakfield Road, Aylesbury, on September 9, 2023. Fined £60. Also ordered to pay £620 court costs and £24 victim surcharge. Six points added to driving licence.

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