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

March 25:
DAVID CONNOR, 35, of Bean Oak Road, Wokingham, admitted to driving without a licence and driving without insurance on Reading Road in Winnersh on January 16, 2021. He was discharged conditionally for six months but told to pay a victim surcharge of £22.

March 26:
GEMMA FOXWELL, 36, of Swaledale, Bracknell, was convicted of two counts of fraud by false representation and four counts of handling stolen goods. On March 31, 2020, in Slough, Foxwell purchased goods worth £34.99 and £14.75 using a bank card belonging to someone else. On the same day, also in Slough, she handled stolen goods including a PS4 games console, a PS4 game, a mobile phone, a hairdryer, hair straighteners, and a ‘bag for life’ from Asda. She was ordered to undertake rehabilitation activities for 12 months, pay a victim surcharge of £90 and pay costs of £150. 
CATHERINE DOYLE, 53, of Pennfields, Wokingham, was convicted of assault by beating in Wokingham on July 20, 2019. He was ordered to take part in a rehabilitation activity, pay compensation of £200, pay a victim surcharge of £90 and pay costs of £500. He was also given a restraining order from the victim. 
AMY PETERS, 36, of Cricketfield Grove, Crowthorne, was convicted of causing racial and religious aggravated harassment towards a woman in Crowthorne on August 27, 2019. She was told to take part in a rehabilitation activity, fined £100, ordered to pay compensation of £100, costs of £100 and a victim surcharge of £90. 

March 29:
CLAYDON HEARD, 34, of Warwick, Bracknell, admitted to using violence to secure entry to a premises on Nettlecombe in Bracknell on February 4, 2021, using threatening behaviour to cause harassment in Bracknell on March 26, 2021. He was ordered to be electronically monitored and told to stay away from Nettlecombe, Bracknell for four months. He was also handed a restraining order from the victim, told to pay a victim surcharge of £95 and ordered to pay costs of £85. 


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