Shoplifting, drink and drug driving, and assaults among latest cases heard at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court
Shoplifters who made off with protein bars, wine, and an electric saw, are among the latest to be sentenced at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court.
•Bradley Jones, 33, of Yorke Drive, Newark, was jailed on June 17 for two weeks after committing shop thefts while under a suspended sentence.
Jones pleaded guilty to stealing, on May 18, chocolate and washing tablets, worth £41.50, and red wine worth £16, belonging to Co-op, Lincoln Road.
On May 21, he stole two bottles of wine, to the value of £15 belonging to Co-op, Side Row.
For each of the three theft offences he received a two week prison sentence, to be served concurrently. They will be combined with previous charges for a total custodial period of 12 weeks.
Jones must also pay £56.50 in compensation.
On May 15 Jones caused two counts of criminal damage to a Yorke Drive property belonging to the Nottingham Community Housing Agency. For these offences he received two more two-week custodial sentences, also to be served concurrently.
•Shoplifter David Proctor, 37, of Bilsthorpe, was ordered to pay compensation to the value of his thefts on June 17.
He pleaded guilty to stealing £45.05 of Cadbury's Caramels from Lincolnshire Co-op, Albert Street on January 6; chocolate worth £83.85 from Co-op, Lincoln Road, on January 10; and two boxes of protein bars worth £120 from Lincolnshire Co-op, Sam Derry Close, on January 12.
Proctor was given a six month conditional discharge for the offences.
•Repeat offender James Bunch, 37, of Yorke Drive, Newark, was sentenced on June 17.
He admitted to stealing two bottles of vodka and an electric saw from Aldi, Northgate, on February 22; one bottle of Stella worth £3.45 from Co-op on May 30; and two packs of sandwiches and a pack of crisps worth £9.10 from Co-op on May 12.
He also entered a guilty plea for the attempted theft of a bicycle on June 2.
For this thefts, Bunch was ordered to pay £12.55 in compensation, an £80 fine, and £85 in costs.
•Przemyslaw Zieinski, 46, of St Marys Gardens, Newark, appeared on June 4 to be sentenced for a catalogue of offences dating back a number of years.
On April 7, 2020, Zieinski stole a £4 bottle of Blossom Hill wine from Heron Foods; stole £18.50 of Corona Beers from Co-Op Food; and used threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour towards a police officer.
80 hours of unpaid work was ordered for each offence, as well as compensation to the value of the stolen goods for the two thefts.
On November 16, 2020, he used threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour at Morrisons, with intent to cause a person harassment; and. at Mansfield Police Station, damaged a custody cell to the value of under £5,000.
Again, for each offence Zieinski was sentenced to 80 hours of unpaid work.
On August 26, 2021, he was drunk and disorderly on Middlegate; damaged a police vehicle on the A617 at Rainworth; and on November 5, 2021, the offender failed to surrender to custody at Nottingham Magistrates’ Court, having been released on bail — again being handed 80 hours of unpaid work for each of the offences.
Finally, on April 15, 2022, Zieinski committed three assaults at Grantham train station, including one on a police officer; and was drunk and disorderly at the station.
No separate penalty was given for the disorderly behaviour, with three more 80-hour unpaid work sentences given for the assaults.
• Jamie Kavanagh, 52, of Quibell Road, Newark, is to spend six weeks in prison after admitting, on June 7, to two assaults by beating on one woman, and also assaulting a police officer.
The offences all occurred on June 5, and were during the operational period of a suspended sentence imposed on Kavanagh. For the two assaults on the woman, he received nine weeks imprisonment reduced to six, and six weeks reduced to four, be served concurrently.
The assault on an emergency worker resulted in another nine weeks imprisonment reduced to six weeks, also to be served concurrently, as well as an order for £100 in compensation.
• On June 16, James Knighton, 45, of Beacon Hill Road, Newark, was made subject of a three-year football banning order after admitting to assaulting a man at Wembley on April 27.
The order means Knighton must not come within one mile of Nottingham Forest matches at The City Ground, extending to four hours prior to kick off and four hours after the final whistle. The same exclusions apply for away matches, relating the the entire town, city, or London borough in which the match is held.
He was also ordered to pay £200 in compensation, a £415 fine, and £251 in costs.
• Christopher Jenkins-Coupe, 37, of Portland Street, Newark, appeared in court on June 9, 10 and 14.
On June 9, he was fined £50 for breaching a domestic violence protection order, which he admitted.
On June 10, he was again in court for a domestic violence protection order breach after a police officer found him and the other party together, which he denied but was proved guilty.
For this offence Jenkins-Coupe was ordered to pay costs of £284 to Nottinghamshire Police and was sentenced to ten days in prison.
On June 14, he pleaded guilty to obstructing four police officers in their duty, for which he was fined £40.
•Stalking and harassing a woman earned Lewis Sims, 40, of Quibells Lane, Newark, two 14-week prison sentences to be served concurrently.
Sims admitted he contacted the woman numerous times by phone on April 15, which he was prohibited from doing by a restraining order.
He must also pay costs of £85.
•A man who intentionally strangled and assaulted a woman was given two suspended sentences at a sentencing hearing on June 4.
Philip Webster, 35, of Turner Lane, Boughton, pleaded guilty to both offences, which occurred on December 22, 2024, on April 2.
Webster received a 12 month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months for the strangulation offence, and a three month prison sentence, also suspended for 18 months for the assault by beating.
They will be served concurrently, and were suspended as the court felt the had a realistic prospect of rehabilitation, and custody would have an impact on his children.
He must also complete 15 days of rehabilitation activity and 80 hours of unpaid work for each offence, and pay costs of £272.
•For harassing another person by shouting at them, in breach of a restraining order, Darren Maidlow, 54, of Yorke Drive, Newark, was fined £40 and ordered to pay costs of £85, on June 7.
•Daniel Henson, 34, of Sleaford Road, Newark, appeared on June 16, to be sentenced for breaching a restraining order, which he pleaded guilty to.
He was given a 12-week custodial sentence, suspended for 12 months, as well as being ordered to pay £85 in costs.
•Drink-driver Jessica Crunkhorn, 37 , of Cludd Avenue, Newark, was disqualified from driving on June 5.
She admitted driving a Ford on Balderton Lane, Coddington, with 148 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood, above the legal limit of 80 milligrammes.
Crunkhorn was disqualified for 18 months, with an 18 week reduction upon completion of a course. She was fined £120 and ordered to pay costs of £133.
• Drug-driver Equin Tattersall, 31, of Clinton Gardens, Tuxford, was banned from the roads on June 6.
He admitted driving a Vauxhall on Beechdale Road, Nottingham, while under the influence of cannabis.
Tattersall was fined £404, disqualified for 12 months, and ordered to pay costs of £247.
•Another drug driver was sentenced on June 13.
Jamie Wilson, 40, of Crookdole Lane, Calverton, pleaded guilty to five offences.
On October 24, 2024, on Mansfield Lane, Calverton, Wilson drove without insurance and under the influence of cocaine, and was also found to be in possession of cocaine.
No separate penalty was given for the lack of insurance, with 15 days of rehabilitation activity and a 14-month disqualification ordered for the drug-driving.
For possession of cocaine, Wilson was ordered to complete a further 15 days of rehabilitation activity and the drugs were ordered to be destroyed.
On November 6, 2024, he drove on Mews Lane, Calverton, without insurance and under the influence of cocaine.
Wilson was given another 15 days of rehabilitation activity, a 14 month disqualification, and an £80 fine for the drug-driving, with no separate penalty for the lack of insurance.
He was also ordered to pay costs of £199.
•Ford driver Chay Norwood, 44, of Church Street, Bilsthorpe, was sentenced on June 2, in his absence.
Norwood had, on December 30, 2024, been found guilty of, on September 22, 2024, driving the Ford on Mansfield Road, Edwinstowe, without an appropriate test certificate and at 87mph in a 50mph speed limit.
For the speeding offence he was fined £660, ordered to pay costs of £374, and had six points added to his licence.
There was no separate penalty for the other offence.
•Timothy Bett, 50, of Peterborough Road, Collingham, avoided disqualification on June 9.
The Vauxhall driver admitted reaching speeds of 52mph on the 30mph limited B6166 Lincoln Road, Newark, on October 26, 2024.
Bett was fined £666, ordered to pay £386 in costs, and had six points added to his licence.
Disqualification was not ordered due to the impact on his ability to work, ability to assist an elderly relative, and on his child.
•Speeding driver Michael Stripling, 68, of Flatts Lane, Calverton, was sentenced on June 4, after admitting to breaking two 30mph limits.
The first occurred when Stripling drove at 37mph on Spring Lane, Mapperley Plains, on September 3, 2024, and the second on December 1, 2024, when he drove at 36mph on the A38 Kings Mill Road/Kirkby Road, Sutton-in-Ashfield.
For each offence the Skoda driver was fined £224, and had three points added to his licence. He was also ordered to pay costs of £200.
He avoided disqualification due to the impact it would have on an elderly relative he cares for.
• The case of an Audi driver who travelled at 45mph in a 30mph limit was also before Magistrates on June 4.
Lauren Boddy, 45, of Bowbridge Lane, Balderton, was found guilty in her absence of the offence, which took place on the B6166 Farndon Road, Newark, on October 10, 2024.
Boddy was fined £120, had five points added to her licence, and was ordered to pay costs of £158.
•Richard Fry, 46, of Rufford Avenue, Newark, was sentenced for a speeding offence on June 10.
On October 26, Fry drove a Peugeot at 35mph on Lincoln Road, Newark, which has a 30mph limit, which he admitted.
He was fined £40, has three points added to his licence, and ordered to pay £60 in costs.
•Jordan Bowles, 34, of Bowbridge Gardens, Bottesford, also appeared on June 10.
The MG driver admitted driving at 46mph exceeding the 40mph limit on A52 at Butterwick to Haltoft End on October 4, 2024.
Bowles was fined £40, ordered to pay costs of £120, and had three points added to his licence.
•Tracey Whetton, 56, of Cleveland Square, Newark, was fined £180 when she appeared in court on June 2.
Whetton was, on the same day, found guilty of failing to give police information about the driver of a vehicle alleged to have been guilty of an offence on May 1, 2024.
She was ordered to pay costs of £172 and had six points added to her licence.
