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

July 6:

MEGAN BROADHURST, 29, of High Street, Crowthorne, admitted drink-driving in Rushey Way, Lower Earley, on April 19, 2020. Found to have 91mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath. Fined £507. Also ordered to pay £51 victim surcharge and £85 court costs. Disqualified from driving for 23 months.

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RHETT GOODALL, 34, of The Elms, Bracknell, admitted drug-driving in Windsor Road, Maidenhead, on November 7, 2019. Found to have cannabis in his system. Fined £350. Also ordered to pay £35 victim surcharge and £85 court costs. Disqualified from driving for 12 months.

July 8:

LIAN BORECKI, of Nell Gwyne Avenue, Ascot, admitted stealing £9 worth of meat from Budgens in Spencers Wood, Berkshire, on February 2, 2020. Sentenced to seven days in prison due to previous record. Also ordered to pay £9 compensation.

MASON PENN, 20, of Munnings Drive, Sandhurst, admitted possession of class B drug cannabis in Sandhurst on September 14. Also admitted failing to provide a specimen for analysis when asked by authorities in Reading on December 24, 2019, and admitted resisting or abstructing and officer in execution of their duty in Sandhurst on December 24, 2020. Fined £160. Also ordered to pay £32 victim surcharge and £85 court costs. disqualified from driving for 30 months.

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