Basingstoke Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Explore 38 verdicts at Basingstoke Magistrates' Court (Basingstoke). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

Matthew Cook

Dangerous driving and driving with excess alcohol

April 9, 2025

Sentence: 12-month suspended custodial sentence, banned from driving for three years, 30 rehabilitation activity days, and a 90-day alcohol abstinence monitoring requirement

Matthew Cook engaged in dangerous driving and drove with excess alcohol on the A287 and Hook Road on August 20, 2024, nearly twice the legal limit.

Pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and driving with excess alcohol on August 20, 2024. Tests showed 148 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood.

Sources: basingstokegazette.co.uk

Fabian Pal

Assault by beating and resisting arrest

April 8, 2025

Sentence: £200 fine and £20 compensation

Fabian Pal assaulted another man by beating on December 20, 2024, in Basingstoke, and resisted a constable in the execution of her duty.

Pleaded guilty to assault by beating and resisting a constable. No separate penalty for resisting arrest.

Sources: basingstokegazette.co.uk

Johannes Jacobs

Failing to provide a breath specimen

March 19, 2025

Sentence: 12 months driving ban and £350 fine

Johannes Jacobs, 48, failed to provide a breath specimen during a police investigation on December 1, 2024, at Basingstoke Police Investigation Centre, where he was suspected of driving under the influence and did not offer a reasonable excuse for his refusal.

Changed plea to guilty. Must pay £100 in prosecution costs and £140 victim surcharge. Has until April 16, 2025, to pay the total amount.

Sources: basingstokegazette.co.uk

Chelsie Gallop

Failing to provide a breath specimen and assaulting a police officer

March 19, 2025

Sentence: Three years driving ban and community order

Chelsie Gallop, 29, of Aspens, Fleet, was stopped in Basingstoke on suspicion of driving under the influence, refused to provide a breath specimen without a reasonable excuse, and assaulted a police officer by striking her while she was performing her duties on Clarence Road in Fleet.

Pleaded guilty to failing to provide a breath specimen and assaulting a police officer. Community order until December 19, 2026, requiring alcohol abstinence for 90 days and up to 20 days of rehabilitation activities. Ordered to pay £100 in compensation to the assaulted officer. Ban reducible by 36 weeks if she completes a rehabilitation course by April 12, 2027.

Sources: basingstokegazette.co.uk

Adam Warnke

Drink driving

March 18, 2025

Sentence: £800 fine and 14 months driving disqualification

Adam Warnke, 44, of Normanton Road, drove a Ford vehicle on the A339 in Kingsclere on December 20, while over the legal alcohol limit with 123 milligrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood.

Pleaded guilty. Had to pay £85 in court costs and £20 victim surcharge. Option to reduce the ban by 14 weeks if he completes a drink-driving rehabilitation course by December 7.

Sources: basingstokegazette.co.uk

Piers Joyner

Driving under the influence of drugs

March 18, 2025

Sentence: 12 months driving ban and £68 fine

Piers Joyner, 28, of Bow Gardens, drove an MG vehicle on the A303 near Andover on November 8, 2024, under the influence of Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), with 4.2 micrograms per litre of blood exceeding the legal limit of 2 micrograms.

Pleaded guilty. Ordered to pay £85 in prosecution costs and £27 victim surcharge.

Sources: basingstokegazette.co.uk

Andrew Macdonald

Breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order

March 18, 2025

Sentence: £320 fine

Andrew MacDonald, 62, of Canal Reach, breached a Sexual Harm Prevention Order imposed by Winchester Crown Court in October 2022 by failing to disclose an internet-enabled device to the police on December 1, 2024, in Hook, Hampshire.

Pleaded guilty to breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order. Ordered to pay £85 in prosecution costs.

Sources: basingstokegazette.co.uk

Steven Ashmore

Criminal damage

March 10, 2025

Sentence: Fined £90 and ordered to pay £50 in compensation

Steven Ashmore caused damage to a police custody cell belonging to Hampshire Constabulary on January 31, 2024, with the value of the damage reported to be under £5,000.

Daniel Harris

Shoplifting

January 14, 2025

Sentence: £57.75 compensation and £85 costs

Daniel Harris stole £57.75 worth of goods from Tesco in Basingstoke on December 17, 2024.

Leonard Jones

Theft and Breach of Court Orders

January 10, 2025

Sentence: Eight months imprisonment

Leonard Jones, 39, with no fixed address, targeted several shops in Aldershot, including Co-op and One Stop, stealing household goods, hygiene products, meat, and confectioneries worth over £228. He also breached a criminal behaviour order issued in December 2023 by North Hampshire Magistrates’ Court, which prohibited him from entering specific stores. The offences occurred over December 2024 and January 2025, and were deemed serious enough to warrant a custodial sentence.

Pled guilty to multiple offences including thefts and breach of a criminal behaviour order. Had a history of reoffending and acted with flagrant disregard for court orders. Ordered to pay £227.30 in compensation.

Sources: basingstokegazette.co.uk

Maximillian Harris

Failing to provide a blood sample

November 21, 2024

Sentence: Community order (120 hours of unpaid work and 10 rehabilitation activity days), £85 costs, £114 victim surcharge, and 48-month driving disqualification

Refused to provide a blood specimen at Basingstoke Police Investigation Centre on November 2, 2024, during a police investigation for suspected driving under the influence.

Admitted to failing to provide a blood sample. The disqualification began with an interim ban on November 21, 2024.

Sources: basingstokegazette.co.uk

Alexandru Coltis

Fly-tipping

May 30, 2024

Sentence: 6 months conditional discharge, £624.93 costs, £26 surcharge

Alexandru Coltis deposited one large and two small cardboard boxes, as well as a black refuse sack, at the Brighton Hill recycling area in Sullivan Road, Basingstoke, on June 11, 2023, from a Vauxhall Vivaro. He was not in possession of an environmental permit as required under the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

Pleaded guilty to the charge. Caught by Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council without an environmental permit.

Sources: basingstokegazette.co.uk

Jay Wilson

Threatening to commit arson

May 21, 2024

Sentence: 6 months custody, suspended for 12 months, with 20 days of rehabilitation activities, a restraining order until May 2026, £100 compensation, £85 prosecution costs, and £154 victim surcharge

On August 11, 2024, Jay Wilson resisted PC Attwood while she was carrying out her duties and threatened to burn down a man's apartment, intending to instil fear that the threat would be carried out.

Ibrahim Bangura

Drink driving

May 20, 2024

Sentence: 22 months driving ban, £519 fine, £85 costs, and £208 surcharge

Ibrahim Bangura was caught driving on London Road, Basingstoke, on May 5, 2024, with 83 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, exceeding the legal limit of 35.

Ashik Ali

Theft

May 8, 2024

Sentence: 14 weeks imprisonment

Ashik Ali stole a coat worth £115 from Fat Face in Basingstoke on February 14, 2024, and separately assaulted an emergency worker.

Pleaded guilty to the offences; the sentence for theft was six weeks, to run consecutively with the sentence for assaulting an emergency worker; magistrates cited the offences as serious with flagrant disregard for people and property; no order for costs.

Sources: basingstokegazette.co.uk

Andrew Haynes

Assault on emergency workers

April 22, 2024

Sentence: 24 weeks imprisonment, £120 fine, and 12-month driving ban

On April 20, 2024, Andrew Haynes was stopped by police officers on Bath Road in Bournemouth while driving a vehicle despite being disqualified and without insurance. He was in the company of a woman he was prohibited from contacting due to a restraining order imposed the previous year. When approached, he assaulted PC Beveridge and PC McCourt, who were acting in the line of duty. This incident followed a series of offences demonstrating flagrant disregard for court orders, and he had a previous assault charge.

Admitted to offences including driving while disqualified and without insurance, assaulting emergency workers, and breaching a restraining order. Magistrates noted repeated breaches of court orders, further offences while on a community order, and lack of engagement with probation services, stating a custodial sentence was the only appropriate punishment.

Sources: basingstokegazette.co.uk

William Mitchell

Failing to comply with a direction order

April 10, 2024

Sentence: £80 fine, £85 prosecution costs, and £32 surcharge

William Mitchell breached a direction order by entering the town centre on December 31, 2024, despite being banned.

Pleaded guilty to failing to comply with a direction under Section 35 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act by returning to the town centre on December 31, 2024.

Sources: basingstokegazette.co.uk

Michał Olszowka

Driving with excess alcohol and failing to stop after a crash

April 9, 2024

Sentence: Community order requiring 150 hours of unpaid work within 12 months and disqualified from driving for four years

Michał Olszowka drove with excess alcohol on Abbey Road, Basingstoke, on January 25, 2024, and failed to stop after causing another vehicle to cross the central reservation on the A287 Hook Road on the same date.

Pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol and failing to stop after a crash on January 25, 2024. Tests showed 91 micrograms of alcohol per 100ml of breath.

Sources: basingstokegazette.co.uk

Dean Frost

Criminal damage

April 8, 2024

Sentence: £450 fine, £100 compensation, £85 prosecution costs, and £180 surcharge

Dean Frost caused criminal damage to a wall at White Park Avenue on May 25, 2024.

Pleaded guilty to causing criminal damage on May 25, 2024. Amounts to be paid by monthly instalments of £170 from May 30, 2025.

Sources: basingstokegazette.co.uk

Christopher Moriarty

Driving while disqualified

April 7, 2024

Sentence: Community order including up to 25 rehabilitation activity days

Christopher Moriarty was stopped by police on April 4, 2024, while driving on Bishopswood Road despite being disqualified; he was driving without insurance, failed to provide a specimen for analysis, and sent grossly offensive or menacing messages via a public communication network on the same day.

Pleaded guilty to all charges; disqualified from driving for three years, with the option to reduce the ban by 36 weeks if he completes a driving awareness course by May 2027; a restraining order was issued preventing contact with the victim and banning him from entering Cheriton Close, Tadley, until November 7, 2026; ordered to pay £35 in costs to the Crown Prosecution Service.

Sources: basingstokegazette.co.uk

Aaron Mast

Assault by beating

April 1, 2024

Sentence: £923 fine, £85 costs, and £369 victim surcharge

Assaulted a man by beating him during an incident on November 25, 2024.

Pleaded guilty to assault by beating. The total amount must be paid by May 1, 2025.

Sources: basingstokegazette.co.uk

Jake Hutchinson

Assault by beating

March 31, 2024

Sentence: 18 weeks imprisonment

Assaulted a woman by beating her during an incident on March 24 in Basingstoke, leaving her terrified.

Pleaded guilty to assault by beating. Ordered to pay £85 in costs; no compensation ordered due to the custodial sentence.

Sources: basingstokegazette.co.uk

Sam Richardson

Breaching a restraining order

March 31, 2024

Sentence: Eight weeks imprisonment

Attended a property on Paddock Road on March 28, in direct violation of a restraining order, only eight days after release from a prior prison sentence.

Admitted to breaching a restraining order issued on February 13. Also ordered to pay £40 in costs and a £154 victim surcharge.

Sources: basingstokegazette.co.uk

Robert Keene

Speeding

March 31, 2024

Sentence: Six-month driving ban and £120 fine

Drove a Mini Cooper at a speed exceeding 70 mph on the A30 eastbound near Bodmin on July 10, 2024, which was recorded by manned equipment in a layby.

Pleaded guilty to speeding. Ordered to pay £85 in costs and a £48 victim surcharge, with monthly instalments of £63.25 starting April 30.

Sources: basingstokegazette.co.uk

Sorin-Carole Ghilicaru

Drink driving

March 25, 2024

Sentence: £2,200 fine, £85 prosecution costs, and 20-month driving ban

Sorin-Carole Ghilicaru, 36, of Tiberius Close, was arrested on Worting Road on March 7, 2024, after a roadside breath test showed he was more than twice the legal drink-drive limit at 85 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath. A search of his vehicle uncovered a collapsible police-style baton and a quantity of cocaine.

Pleaded guilty to carrying a weapon, drink driving, and possessing Class A drugs. The driving ban can be reduced by 20 weeks if he completes a rehabilitation course. The court ordered the forfeiture and destruction of the baton and drugs.

Sources: basingstokegazette.co.uk

Alexander Jones

Assaulting emergency workers

March 25, 2024

Sentence: 18-month community order and £30 compensation

Alexander Jones, 29, of Chalk Vale, Old Basing, assaulted three police officers while they were responding to an incident in Basingstoke on January 26, 2024. The community order requires him to complete 15 days of rehabilitation activity under the supervision of the probation service, and the £30 compensation will be deducted from his benefits.

Pleaded guilty to assaulting emergency workers. His culpability was reduced due to a mental disorder at the time of the offences. No prosecution costs or victim surcharge were imposed due to his limited financial means.

Sources: basingstokegazette.co.uk

Callum Cobb

Driving while over the legal drug limit

March 25, 2024

Sentence: £120 fine, £85 prosecution costs, £48 victim surcharge, and 12-month driving ban

Callum Cobb, 20, of Albany Close, was stopped by police on Sandy Lane on October 20, 2023, while driving a Vauxhall Corsa. A blood test found he had 9 micrograms per litre of Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in his system, more than four times the legal limit of 2 micrograms per litre.

Pleaded guilty to driving while over the legal drug limit. He must pay the full amount by June 25, 2025.

Sources: basingstokegazette.co.uk

George Pattinson

Breaching a community protection notice

March 24, 2024

Sentence: £60 fine and £200 costs

George Pattinson, 27, of Castle Road, breached a community protection notice that barred him from entering Festival Place, and was seen at the location on January 13, 2024.

Found guilty in his absence for failing to comply with a community protection notice issued under the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.

Sources: basingstokegazette.co.uk

Marc Long

Criminal damage

March 14, 2024

Sentence: Community order including a 12-month restriction on entering Basingstoke between 7pm and 7am, rehabilitation activity for up to 25 days, and £150 compensation

Marc Long damaged a Jaguar F-Pace on February 28, 2024, at Messner Street, Basingstoke, was drunk and disorderly in a public place at Wateridge Road Footpaths, and used threatening and abusive language towards a woman and a man, causing them harassment, alarm, and distress.

Pled guilty to criminal damage, being drunk and disorderly, and using threatening and abusive language.

Sources: basingstokegazette.co.uk

Donna Kemp

Racially aggravated harassment and assault

March 14, 2024

Sentence: Three weeks in custody

Donna Kemp used racially abusive language within the hearing or sight of a person likely to be harassed, alarmed, or distressed, and assaulted two women by beating on July 17, 2023, in Basingstoke, with the offences deemed serious due to her flagrant disregard for people and their property.

Pled guilty to racially aggravated harassment and two counts of assault. Already serving a custodial sentence for unrelated offences.

Sources: basingstokegazette.co.uk

Daniel Wetherill

Possession of Class A drugs

March 11, 2024

Sentence: Fined £100 and required to pay £85 in costs

Daniel Wetherill was found in possession of a quantity of cocaine on September 23, 2023, in contravention of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, leading to the forfeiture and destruction of the seized drugs.

Abbie Folkes

Theft from a shop

March 6, 2024

Sentence: 24 weeks imprisonment

Abbie Folkes stole items from Sainsbury's and The Range. She was arrested outside Sainsbury's on Ash Road, Aldershot, on March 5, 2024, after attempting to run away from officers. Police found stolen goods from the Sainsbury’s store and Iceland products from The Range on her person. She has a history of similar offences.

Pleaded guilty to two counts of theft from a shop and breaching a criminal behaviour order. Described as a prolific offender by police, with comments from A/Police Sergeant Daniel Eaves highlighting the impact on businesses and the community.

Sources: basingstokegazette.co.uk

Takunda Kamanga

Theft

March 4, 2024

Sentence: 10 weeks imprisonment

Takunda Kamanga stole alcohol worth more than £1,200 from various Sainsbury’s and Morrisons stores, including locations in Fleet, Hook, and Farnborough, between February 18 and March 8, 2024, involving repeat offending.

Pleaded guilty to thefts; a Criminal Behaviour Order was issued banning him from entering any Sainsbury’s or Morrisons store in Hampshire; ordered to pay £100 in compensation.

Sources: basingstokegazette.co.uk

Ganesh Sarki

Theft

February 26, 2024

Sentence: £150 fine and £85 costs

Ganesh Sarki, of Lancaster Road, stole bottles of J.LO and Ted Baker perfume from Superdrug on January 7, with the total value of the stolen goods being £51.50.

Ryan Gibbs

Theft

February 21, 2024

Sentence: 8 weeks imprisonment

Ryan Gibbs, 39, of no fixed abode, stole confectionary items and coffee worth £231 from a Co-op on Lower Farnham Road between December 10 and 15, 2024. He was arrested and charged with two counts of theft and shoplifting, appeared in court, and was sentenced.

Daniel Jankovic

Theft from a shop

February 17, 2024

Sentence: 12 weeks imprisonment

Daniel Jankovic, 27, of no fixed abode, stole a Jack Daniels gift set worth £49.99 from Nisa Local in Oakridge and threatened a man in his 40s. He is a prolific offender with a history of similar behaviour.

Pleaded guilty to theft from a shop and common assault. His Criminal Behaviour Order was extended for a further three years.

Sources: basingstokegazette.co.uk

Adam Lumsden

Drink-driving

January 8, 2024

Sentence: 20 months driving disqualification and £1,700 fine

Adam Lumsden was driving an Audi A5 on Worting Road, Basingstoke, on September 13, 2023, with 71 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, exceeding the legal limit of 35. He was also driving without third-party insurance.

Initially pleaded not guilty but changed plea to guilty. Disqualification reducible by 20 weeks if a driving course is completed before February 20, 2026. Also ordered to pay £85 costs and £690 surcharge.

Sources: basingstokegazette.co.uk

John Shrubshall

Failing to provide a sample for Class A drug test

January 7, 2024

Sentence: £46 fine, £85 costs, and £18 surcharge

John Shrubshall was in police detention on October 14, 2024, after being arrested on suspicion of burglary. He failed to provide a sample for the purpose of ascertaining whether he had a Class A drug in his body, leading to the charge.

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