Courts

Failing to provide police with a specimen after being involved in a crash has seen a woman banned from driving for four years.

A homeless stole clothes and a vacuum cleaner just five days after being convicted of another theft.

A woman who glassed a drinker in a bar has been handed a suspended prison sentence.

A man faces trial after denying charges of criminal damage, racial harassment and assault.

Racially abusing a housing inspector has cost a man more than £200.

A man who stole £72-worth of alcohol from a supermarket described the incident as a ‘blip’.

A woman who kicked a police officer in the genitals while ‘heavily in drink’ will be jailed if she consumes alcohol in the next four months.

A chef who spat at and vomited over police officers attempting to help him has been handed a suspended prison sentence.

A man living in his car has been handed a driving ban after being found behind the wheel with a drug in his system.

A man was today convicted of attempting to kidnap his girlfriend's husband in a botched highjack.

A disqualified driver caught behind the wheel en route to a family holiday was told he will be jailed if he tries handling a car while banned again.

A football fan has been handed a three-year banning order and told to pay more than £1,000 after racially abusing an opposition player.

A police investigation into an illegal animal trap has led to a donation being made to a hedgehog charity.

A mother accused of plotting the attempted kidnap of her own husband with her new partner chose not to give evidence at her trial.

A man has been jailed for 14 years after he was found guilty of sex offences against four girls under 16.

A man who denies attempting to kidnap his girlfriend's husband insisted he was not the masked person who hid in his car.

A 79-year-old pensioner has been banned from driving after hospitalising an ambulance worker following a crash.

A man found with two different drugs in his system has been banned from driving.

A factory worker was twice the drink-drive limit when riding an electric bike through the middle of a town.

A man has admitted making more than 1,000 indecent images of a child.