Court round-up: Grantham area defendants appear in court
Cases brought before magistrates recently include:
Peter David Whalley, 37, of Long Street, Great Gonerby: admitted driving a Range Rover on North Parade, Grantham, on November 17 with 100 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath - the legal limit is 35mcg. He was made the subject of a community order including 80 hours’ unpaid work within 12 months, ordered to pay an £85 victim surcharge and £85 costs and banned from driving for 42 months.
Philip Derek Pledger, 43, of William Street, Grantham: admitted stealing two fragrances worth £69 from Boots on November 21 and committing an offence during the period of a suspended sentence order. He was fined £40, ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £85 costs and his suspended sentence of two weeks suspended for 12 months was extended to 18 months.
Onkar Singh, 21, of Station Road, Corby Glen: admitted driving a Vauxhall Corsa on St Peter’s Hill, Grantham, on November 17 with 45mcg of alcohol in 100ml of breath. He was fined £150, ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £85 costs and banned from driving for 14 months.
David Colin Lilley, 40, of Barrowby Road, Grantham: admitted stealing meat and crisps worth £50 from Sainsbury’s on July 27. He was fined £80 told to pay £25 in compensation, a £30 victim surcharge and £85 costs.
Adrian John Gowen, 51, of Harrowby Road, Grantham: guilty of driving a Ford Fiesta in Stonebridge Road, Grantham, on February 5 without due care and attention, failing to give his name and address when required to do so, driving without insurance and with no MOT certificate. He was also guilty of driving a Renault vehicle in Barrowby Gate on August 17 without insurance and otherwise than in accordance with a licence. Gowen was fined £400, ordered to pay a £30 victim surcharge and banned from driving for 12 months. His licence was also endorsed with six penalty points.
Michael Dion Johnson, 41, of Larch Close, Grantham: admitted driving a Renault Megane on Westgate, Grantham, on September 5 while banned from holding a licence and without insurance. He was fined £240, told to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £85 costs and banned from driving for four months.
Allan Blackwood, 35, of Commercial Road, Grantham: guilty of driving a Vauxhall Astra in Lime Tree Close, Fulbeck, otherwise than in accordance with a licence on July 6. He was fined £220, told to pay a £30 victim surcharge and £85 costs and his driving licence endorsed with three penalty points.
Rimas Noreika, 52, of Fletcher Street, Grantham: convicted on September 27 of driving a Honda vehicle in Grantley Street, Grantham, whilst unfit through drink. His case was reopened on December 10 and a driving ban lifted due to exceptional hardship in that Noreika would lose his job, thus his home and there would be an impact on his wife and grandchildren. He was instead fined £435, ordered to pay a £43 victim surcharge and £620 costs and his licence endorsed with 10 penalty points.
David Tucker, 39, of Greenhill Road, Grantham: guilty of driving a Jaguar on the A607 on November 7 without due care and attention. He was fined £360, ordered to pay a £36 victim surcharge and £85 costs and his driving licence endorsed with eight penalty points.
Daniel Richard Scoffield, 29, of Cambridge Street, Grantham: admitted having in his possession two wraps of crack cocaine on November 16 and stealing toys worth £40 from Sainsbury’s on November 23. He was fined £120, told to pay £85 costs and £40 in compensation and discharged conditionally for six months. He was also detained in the courthouse with detention deemed served by reason of time already spent in custody.
Luke Kieran Compton, 26, of Hamilton Road, Grantham: admitted stealing a Hitachi TV and a Sony sound bar worth £354 from Sainsbury’s on November 28. He was fined £66 and ordered to pay £125 in compensation, a £30 victim surcharge and £85 costs.
Jack Graham Wilson, 26, of Turnor Crescent, Grantham: admitted assaulting a male by beating in Grantham on May 19 and damaging a Skoda Octavia belonging to the same male. Wilson was discharged conditionally for two years and ordered to pay compensation of £300, a £20 victim surcharge and £42.50 costs.
Aaron Lee Collett, 55, of Covill Close, Great Gonerby: admitted using threatening or abusive words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour in Grantham on August 1 and committing a further offence whilst subject to a 12-month conditional discharge order for an offence of theft from a shop. He was discharged conditionally for 12 months and told to pay a £20 victim surcharge and £85 costs.
