The following cases appeared at Reading and Slough Magistrates’ Courts:


March 19

Joe Godden, 26, of Charwood Road, Wokingham, was convicted of committing common assault in Finchampstead on May 12, 2019. He was given a conditional discharge for 12 months, ordered to pay a £20 victim surcharge, and told to pay costs of £775.
 

March 22

Danny Harvey, 27, of Gallileo Court, Bracknell admitted breaching a community order on July 14, 2020. He was fined £100 and told to pay costs of £75.
March 23
Michael Beckett, 30, of Queen Victoria House, Wokingham, was convicted of failing to provide a blood sample when requested by police and admitted to possession of cannabis in Reading on January 29, 2020. He was told to wear an electronic tag for 15 weeks, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £90, and told to pay costs of £200.
Claydon Heard, 34, of Nettlecombe, Bracknell, admitted to using threatening and abusive words or behaviour to cause harassment or distress to a woman in Bracknell on December 19, 2020. He was ordered to take part in rehabilitation activities, fined £80, told to pay a victim surcharge of £95 and orderde to pay costs of £85.

March 24
Delroy Hillary, 43, of Lower Broadmoor Road, Crowthorne, admitted to assault by beating in Crowthorne on August 24, 2020. He was ordered to pay compensation of £150.
March 25
Esther Green, 51, of Drovers Way, Wokingham, admitted to assault by beating in Woodley on August 19, 2020. She was discharged conditionally for 18 months, handed a restraining order from the victim, told to pay a victim surcharge of £22 and ordered to pay costs of £85.
Richard Cutting, 54, of The Close, Wokingham, admitted to using threatening or abusive words or behaviour towards two police officers in Wokingham on August 20, 2020, and to causing criminal damage to Loddon Valley Police Station on August 21, 2020. He was ordered to pay compensation of £100, pay a victim surcharge of £95, and was placed under a curfew for ten weeks.

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