In the Dock - Weymouth Magistrates Court May

WEYMOUTH:

BENJAMIN BAILEY, aged 29, of Douglas Road, Weymouth. Admitted to possessing a knife in a public place, namely a locking knife on King Street in Weymouth on March 8, 2024. Additionally admitted to assault by beating on Queen Street, Weymouth on March 10, 2024. This is his third bladed article offence. Sentenced to six months in prison, to pay court costs of £85 and a surcharge of £154. Knife to be seized. No separate penalty for the assault.

CONNOR WHITING, aged 19, of Milton Crescent, Weymouth. Admitted to assault by beating of an emergency worker, namely a police constable acting in the exercise of their functions in Weymouth on February 17, 2024. Ordered to pay £100 in compensation and to abstain from drinking for 120 days. Additionally, must remain at home between 5pm and midnight during this period. To attend a maximum of 15 rehabilitation activity days/appointments. Must also pay court costs of £85 and a surcharge of £114.

EMMA SLADE, aged 33, of no fixed abode Weymouth. Admitted to being drunk and disorderly in a public place, namely Frederick Place in Weymouth. Given a conditional discharge of six months. No order for costs.

PHILLIP ANDERSON, aged 40, of Dorchester Road, Melcombe Regis, Weymouth. Admitted to driving a motor vehicle above the alcohol limit at Ullswater Crescent in Weymouth on April 22, 2024. Namely namely 50 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, exceeding the limit of 35 microgrammes. Additionally admitted to using a motor vehicle on the same road without third-party insurance. Disqualified from driving for 15 months and fined £384. The disqualification period may be reduced by 15 weeks pending completion of a course. Ordered to pay court costs of £85 and a surcharge of £154. No separate penalty for driving without insurance.

SANDRA COLTART, also known as SANDRA BLISS, aged 53, of Carlton Road North, Weymouth. Proven to have been using a motor vehicle on Dorchester Road, Weymouth without insurance on October 30, 2023. Fined £660, and ordered to pay a surcharge of £264 and court costs of £90. Driving record endorsed with six penalty points.

ROBERT LYDEARD, aged 67, of Bincleaves Road, Weymouth. Admitted to driving a motor vehicle on the A35 Trunk Road at Chideock at a speed exceeding 30mph, namely 41mph on October 15, 2023. Fined £384, and ordered to pay a surcharge of £153 and court costs of £90. Driving record endorsed with four penalty points.

PAUL CARR, aged 47, of Selwyn Close, Weymouth. Admitted to three counts of possession of controlled drugs. Namely 23.58g of cocaine, a controlled drug of Class A, 24.718g of ketamine, a controlled drug of Class B and a quantity of cannabis, which is Class B. Fined £120, to pay court costs of £40 and a surcharge of £34. The drugs are to be forfeited and destroyed.

DORCHESTER:

CHRISTOPHER BARNES, aged 27 of Hope Close, Crossways, Dorchester. Admitted to breaking the requirements of a community order to attend pre-programmed work sessions as directed. No acceptable reasons for these absences were given within the required timescales. Ordered to pay a fine of £100.

STEVEN KELLEY, aged 29 of Hawthorne Road, Charlton Down. Admitted to assault by beating on and obstructing/resisting a constable in the execution of duty. The incident took place on March 3, 2024 in Dorchester. To pay court costs of £85 and a surcharge of £114. To pay £100 in compensation and complete 30 days of the Building Better Relationships scheme.

MICHAEL JAMES FRAMPTON, aged 36, of Kensington Walk, Dorchester. Admitted to using a motor vehicle on Westleaze, Dorchester, without insurance. Fined £220, and ordered to pay a surcharge of £88 and court costs of £90. Driving licence endorsed with six penalty points.

SAMUEL COOMBS, aged 33, of High East Street, Dorchester. Admitted to possession of controlled drug Class A, namely cocaine. Also admitted to possession of controlled drug Class B, cannabis/cannabis resin, and driving a motor vehicle on Trinity Street, Dorchester over the limit for benzoylecgonine (cocaine breakdown product) - not less than 186 micrograms of that drug per litre of blood. Disqualified from driving for 12 months. Fined £120 and £80 for drug possession offences, and £120 for driving offences. Ordered to pay court costs of £85 and a surcharge of £128. The cocaine and cannabis are to be forfeited and destroyed.

PORTLAND:

MARIE LOUISE KNIGHT, aged 46, of Woolcombe Road, Portland. Proven to have used a motor vehicle on Abbotsbury Road in Weymouth without insurance and with an expired test certificate on October 13, 2023. Fined £660, ordered to pay a surcharge of £352, court costs of £90. Driving record endorsed with six penalty points. Also fined £200 for the expired test certificate.

KATIE BIRTWISTLE, aged 20, of Castletown, Portland. Admitted to possessing a knife in a public place without good reason or lawful authority, namely Western Road in Weymouth on December 7, 2022. To complete an 18-month community order and 25 rehabilitation activity requirement days. Fined £100 and ordered to pay court costs of £85. Also to be deprived of the knife.

SIMON BROWN, aged 58, of East Weare Road, Portland. Admitted to using violence to secure entry to a premises on Portland knowing that there was someone present on those premises who was opposed to the said entry. Sentenced to a conditional discharge of 12 months. Ordered not to contact the victim or attend an address on Portland lasting for 12 months. Ordered to pay court costs of £85.

DAVID WILSON, aged 67, of Chapel Lane, Osmington. Proved to have failed to give information relating to the identification of the driver of a vehicle who was alleged to have been guilty of an offence. Fined £660, to pay a surcharge of £264 and court costs of £650. Driving licence endorsed with six penalty points.

BRIDPORT:

ALEXANDER ST JOHN MARSHALL, aged 53, of Pymore Road, Bridport. Admitted to driving a motor vehicle on the A3049 Dorset Way between Tower Park Roundabout and Holes Bay North Roundabout, Poole, at a speed exceeding 50mph, recorded at 64mph. This took place on May 27, 2023. Fined £146, and ordered to pay a surcharge of £58 and court costs of £90. Driving record endorsed with three penalty points.

Also admitted to driving a motor vehicle on a restricted road, namely Turbay Park Avenue, Bournemouth, at a speed exceeding 30mph, recorded at 36mph. This took place on May 26, 2023. Fined £146, and ordered to pay a surcharge of £58 and court costs of £90. Driving record endorsed with three penalty points.

NORTH DORSET:

MICHAEL LEE ELLISON aged 33 of Blackthorn Road, Stalbridge. Admitted to driving a motor vehicle on the A37 Dorchester Road at Grimstone, at a speed exceeding the limit of 30mph, namely 50mph. This took place on July 5, 2023. Fined £258, and ordered to pay a surcharge of £103 and court costs of £110. Driving record endorsed with six penalty points.