The following cases were heard at Reading and Slough Magistrates’ Court:

December 5:

LUKE TENNENT, 31, of Boyd Court, Downshire Way, Bracknell, admitted drink-driving on Downshire Way, Bracknell, on June 20, 2019. Found to have 113mg of alcohol per 100ml blood, exceeding the legal limit of 80mg.Also admitted drug-driving on Downshire Way, Bracknell, on June 20, 2019. Found to have cocaine in his blood. Ordered to participate in 60 hours unpaid community work. Also ordered to pay £85 victim surcharge. Also ordered to pay £85 court costs. Also disqualified from driving for 24 months.

JAMES EVELEIGH, 25, of Reading Road, Winnersh, Wokingham, admitted possession of a knuckle-duster in his car in Maidenhead on October 23, 2019. Also admitted threatening a police officer, threatening that he would damage a house belonging to another person, intending that he would fear that the threat would be carried out. Community order made. Also ordered to pay £90 victim surcharge. Also ordered to pay £135 total court costs. Knuckleduster forfeited and destroyed by Thames Valley Police.

December 6:

ZOE EVERETT, 25, of Penfields, Twyford, admitted stealing confectionary items worth £150 from WHSmith, Reading, on December 4, 2019. Also admitted stealing confectionary items worth £120 from WHSmith, Reading, on December 3, 2019. Also admitted stealing confectionary items worth £22.40 from a BP petrol station, Wokingham, on October 13. Also admitted stealing confectionary items worth £150 from a WHSmith, Reading, on October 26. Also admitted stealing confectionary items worth £60 from WHSmith, Reading, on October 29, 2019. Also stole confectionary items worth £44 from WHSmith, Reading, on November 11, 2019. Committed to prison for 42 days total, due to previous record and number of offences in short time. Also ordered to pay £273.20 total compensation.

December 9:

DANNY LATHAM, 26, of Foxhill, Crowthorne Road, Bracknell, admitted driving whilst disqualified on London Road, Binfield, on November 24, 2019. Also admitted driving uninsured on London Road, Binfield, on November 24, 2019. Also failed to stop when asked by constable/traffic warden on London Road, Binfield, on November 24, 2019. Also admitted driving without due care and attention on London Road, Binfield, on November 24, 2019. Also admitted drink-driving on London Road, Binfield, on November 24, 2019. found to have 56mcg alcohol per 100ml breath, exceeding the legal limit of 35mcg. Community order made. Ordered to participate in 100 hours unpaid work. Also ordered to pay £90 victim surcharge. Also ordered to pay £85 court costs. Also disqualified from driving for 36 months.

RICHARD MCCABE, 32, of Ryde Close, Chatham, admitted being drunk and disorderly in a public place in Bracknell on November 23, 2019. Fined £146. Also ordered to pay £32 victim surcharge. Also ordered to pay £85 court costs.

JOHNATHAN KNIGHT, 39, of no fixed abode, admitted stealing a Henry Hoover worth £139.99 from The Range store in Bracknell on May 29, 2019. Also admitted stealing perfume worth £255 from Fenwicks, Bracknell, on December 8, 2019. Also admitted stealing bottles of wine worth £23.25 from a BP petrol station in Bracknell on December 7. Also admitted stealing bottles of wine worth £30.76 from a BP petrol Station on November 30, 2019. Also admitted possession of a black police t-shirt in Bracknell on December 8, 2019. Discharged conditionally for 24 months. Also ordered to pay £170 total court costs. Also ordered to pay £21 victim surcharge. Also ordered to pay £54.01 compensation.

December 11:

ROBERT SREBRZYNSKI, 33, of Waterloo Road, Wokingham Without, admitted possession of cocaine in Lower Earley on November 1, 2019. Also failed without reasonable cause to surrender to Reading Magistrates Court on November 21, 2019, after being released on bail. Fined £400. Also ordered to pay £40 victim surcharge. Also ordered to pay £85 court costs. Cocaine forfeited and destroyed.

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