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

March 28

WAQAR AKHTAR, 32, of Cornwell Close, Maidenhead, admitted breaching the requirements of a community order by failing to attend a planned office visit in October 2021 and a rehabilitative programme in December 2021. Fined £75 and made to pay £60 in court costs. 

RICHARD SEARS, 52, of The Crescent, Theale, admitted speeding on Bath Road, Calcot, namely going 49mph in a 40mph zone, on December 21, 2020. Fined £116 and made to pay £284 in court costs. Given three points on driving licence. 

JAMES GREEN, 35, of Maple Crescent, Newbury, admitted breaching supervision requirements following release from a period of imprisonment in that he failed to be of good behaviour on February 10, 2022 and failed to seek permission to change address between February 18 and February 21, 2022. Committed to prison for 14 days. 

JAMIE O’NEILL, 43, of Anders Corner, Bracknell, admitted breaching the requirements of a community order by failing to attend probation sessions on October 8, 2020. Suspended sentence imposed 

March 31

SUBBIA SHAHEEN, 39, of Lismore Park, Slough, convicted of driving without insurance and driving without a licence. Fined £360, made to pay £34 in a victim surcharge and £300 in court costs. Banned from driving for six months. 

HAYDON LUCAS, 26, of Downside, East Ilsley, West Berkshire, convicted of two counts of assault in Newbury on September 15, 2021. Committed to prison for ten weeks as offence committed during the period of a suspended sentence order. Restraining order made barring the defendant from contacting the victims. Must pay a £128 victim surcharge. 

RICHARD HARGREAVES, 50, of Harvard Road, Sandhurst, convicted of two counts of threatening behaviour in Sandhurst on September 27, 2020 and December 21, 2020. Discharged conditionally for three years. Must pay a £22 victim surcharge and £775 in court costs. 

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