Round-up of hearings at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court. 

CATHERINE KING, 50, of Village Road, Amersham, convicted of assault by beating in Amersham on November 13, 2023. Given a community order to comply with alcohol treatment. Fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 court costs.

TREY TUMMOND-MCKENNA, 20, of Millgate, High Wycombe, convicted of obstructing or resisting a constable in their duty in Beaconsfield on June 2, 2024. Fined £40. Also ordered to pay £56 court costs and £16 victim surcharge.

PIPPA MINTER, 23, of Southview Road, Marlow, convicted of causing serious injury by careless or inconsiderate driving in Marlow Road on April 7, 2023. Fined £728. Also ordered to pay £85 court costs and £291 victim surcharge. Disqualified from driving for 12 months.

JOHN ESTERHUIZEN, 37, of Carrington Road, High Wycombe, convicted of drug-driving in Desborough Avenue, High Wycombe, on February 7, 2024. Fined £120. Also ordered to pay £85 court costs and £58 victim surcharge. Disqualified from driving for 12 months.

NATHAN BIRKETT, 28, of John Hampden Way, Great Missenden, convicted of stealing shoes worth £80 from Clarks Shoe Store in High Wycombe on July 4, 2024. Fined £40.

JOHN BAKER, 53, of Bell Street, Princes Risborough, convicted of drug-driving in New Road, Princes Risborough, on January 3, 2024. Found to have cannabis in their system. Fined £80. Also ordered to pay £85 court costs and £32 victim surcharge. Disqualified from driving for 12 months.

CHRISTOPHER POWELL, 38, of Watermeadow, Chesham, convicted of two counts of drug-driving on the A404 near Holmer Green on January 29, 2024. Found to have cocaine in their system. Fined £100. Also ordered to pay £85 court costs. Disqualified from driving for 14 months.

THOMAS REID, 21, of Ferniefields, High Wycombe, convicted of drink-driving in Lower Road, High Wycombe, on July 5, 2024. Also convicted of failing to stop a mechanical vehicle when asked by a constable or traffic warden on the same occasion. Found to have 87mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath, the legal limit being 35mcg. Fined £615. Also ordered to pay £85 court costs and £246 victim surcharge. Disqualified from driving for 22 months.

MALGORZATA WRONSKA, 35, of Micklefield Road, High Wycombe, convicted of drink-driving in Boundary Road, High Wycombe, on July 7, 2024. Found to have 47mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath, the legal limit being 35mcg. Fined £346. Also ordered to pay £85 court costs and £138 victim surcharge. Disqualified from driving for 14 months.

AIDAN CARPENTER, 26, of Cherwell Road, Aylesbury, convicted of using a vehicle without the correct insurance in Parsley Close, Aston Clinton, on December 2, 2023. Fined £415. Also ordered to pay £90 court costs and £166 victim surcharge. Disqualified from driving for six months.

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