Basingstoke Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Explore 114 verdicts at Basingstoke Magistrates' Court (Basingstoke). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

Robert Stephens

Possession of ketamine with intent to supply

June 24, 2024

Sentence: £120 fine and community order with 15 rehabilitation days

Robert Stephens possessed 48.5 grams of ketamine with intent to supply in Basingstoke on June 24, 2024, and also possessed 2.23 grams of cocaine.

Admitted possessing ketamine with intent to supply; drugs and paraphernalia to be destroyed; no separate penalty for possessing cocaine.

Sources: basingstokegazette.co.uk

Latalia Payne

Criminal damage

June 23, 2024

Sentence: £80 fine

Damaged a mobile phone belonging to another woman on April 1, 2024, with the phone’s value confirmed to be under £5,000.

Pleaded guilty to damaging a mobile phone; ordered to pay £85 in costs and a £32 victim surcharge.

Sources: andoveradvertiser.co.uk

Connor Tyler

Criminal damage

June 23, 2024

Sentence: £180 fine and £200 compensation

Damaged a body-worn video camera belonging to Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary and caused £200 worth of damage to shelving and produce at the BP Garage in Andover; also drove a vehicle on New Street without insurance and while disqualified, and resisted two police officers in the execution of their duties on June 22, 2024.

Pleaded guilty to criminal damage, driving while disqualified, and obstructing police officers; offences occurred during the operational period of a suspended sentence order.

Sources: andoveradvertiser.co.uk

Adrian Hope

Criminal Damage

June 17, 2024

Sentence: 50 hours' unpaid work within 12 months, £85 costs, and £114 surcharge

Adrian Hope, 54, of Pemerton Road, Weeke, Winchester, wrote 'England First' on a wall and damaged a foreign flag in Winchester on June 22, 2024. The offence was religiously aggravated, involving damage to property.

Benjamin Coatsworth

Assault

June 17, 2024

Sentence: £200 fine for assault and £60 fine for criminal damage, plus £50 compensation

On November 18, 2024, damaged a scratching post belonging to a woman and assaulted the same woman by beating her.

Nicholas Kabu

Possession of cocaine

June 17, 2024

Sentence: £300 fine for possession of cocaine and £200 fine for possession of cannabis

On November 22, 2024, was found in possession of a quantity of cocaine, a Class A drug, and cannabis, a Class B drug, in contravention of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.

Indicated guilty pleas to possession of drugs; court ordered forfeiture and destruction of the seized drugs.

Sources: andoveradvertiser.co.uk

Tiffany Bennett

Drink driving

June 5, 2024

Sentence: Banned from driving for three years, fined £438, £85 costs, and £175 surcharge

Tiffany Bennett was found driving on Westray Close, Basingstoke, with 70 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath, exceeding the legal limit of 35 micrograms. The incident occurred on Sunday, May 18, 2024, and she admitted the offence at court.

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.

Mitchell Merritt

Shoplifting

May 12, 2024

Sentence: £35 compensation

Mitchell Merritt, 21, of Wykeham Place, Stanmore, stole £35 worth of alcohol from Tesco on Wednesday, January 22, 2024.

Pleaded guilty. Ordered to pay £35 compensation to Tesco in monthly instalments of £20 starting from June 11. No order for costs or victim surcharge.

Sources: hampshirechronicle.co.uk

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

Calum Mcclelland

Drink driving

April 22, 2024

Sentence: £515 fine and 10 penalty points

Calum McClelland, 24, of Bow Drive, Sherfield-on-Loddon, drove with 62 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath, exceeding the legal limit of 35 micrograms, at Jacobs Yard, Basingstoke, on March 22, 2024.

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

Andrew Jones

Drug driving

April 22, 2024

Sentence: £220 fine and 12 months driving ban

Andrew Jones, 42, of Marian Way, London, drove with a proportion of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) above the legal limit on the A303 in Basingstoke on October 18, 2024.

Jack Harris

Theft

April 22, 2024

Sentence: 12 weeks imprisonment

Jack Harris, 29, of New Road, Basingstoke, stole £76 of confectionery from Tesco in The Malls on October 22, 2024; £155 of hair and beauty products from Boots on February 3, 2024; hairspray from Boots on February 6, 2024; £20 of confectionery from One Stop in Shakespeare Road on February 7, 2024; £50 of confectionery from One Stop on February 9, 2024; £125 of confectionery from One Stop on February 13, 2024; and £100 of washing products, alcohol, and confectionery from One Stop on February 14, 2024.

Pleaded guilty to multiple thefts. Subject to a two-year criminal behaviour order barring him from certain locations.

Sources: basingstokegazette.co.uk

Jamie Emerson

Theft

April 22, 2024

Sentence: £193 fine

Jamie Emerson, 35, of Guernsey Close, Basingstoke, stole two cans of Monster Energy Drinks from a shop on February 5 and 6, 2024.

Errol Saunders

Harassment without violence

April 22, 2024

Sentence: Community order with 30 days rehabilitation activity and 155 hours unpaid work, restraining order until December 4, 2026, and £85 costs

Errol Saunders sent several unpleasant messages to a woman on March 25, and a menacing message between December 31, 2024, and February 2, 2025. He was charged with harassment without violence and appeared in court.

Pleaded guilty to harassment without violence and sending a menacing message.

Sources: basingstokegazette.co.uk

Tigo Jose

Failing to provide a specimen

April 22, 2024

Sentence: 17 months driving ban and £785 fine

Tigo Jose, 39, of Boyce Close, Basingstoke, failed to provide a breath specimen for analysis on April 3, 2024.

Pleaded guilty to failing to provide a specimen for analysis. The ban can be reduced by 130 days if a course is completed by March 14, 2026.

Sources: basingstokegazette.co.uk

Tyler Paice

Assault

April 22, 2024

Sentence: £50 compensation, £114 surcharge, 15 rehabilitation activity days, and 40 hours of unpaid work

Tyler Paice, 32, of May Place, Basingstoke, committed assault by beating on January 12, 2024, in Basingstoke.

Stephen Wilson

Shoplifting

April 15, 2024

Sentence: three months in prison and £486.65 in compensation

Stephen Wilson, 36, of no fixed abode, shoplifted from Tesco in Winchester seven times between March 27 and April 13.

Pleaded guilty. Offended while under a suspended sentence for a prior offence.

Sources: hampshirechronicle.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

Danny Thomas

Assault

April 8, 2024

Sentence: Fined £200, £50 compensation, £200 victim surcharge, and £85 costs. Total £535 to be paid by May 5.

Danny Thomas, 22, of Paulet Place, Stanmore, assaulted two police officers while they were on duty in Basingstoke on Saturday, November 2. He was also in possession of cocaine at the time of the assaults.

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

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

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

Ella Dingwall

Shoplifting

March 28, 2024

Sentence: £46.98 compensation

On December 7, 2024, Ella Dingwall stole a pouch of Cadbury Heroes, a Spider-Man graphic novel, a Lindt Chocolate Cornet, and a pack of UniPin pens worth £46.98 from a WHSmith store in Andover.

Pled guilty to shoplifting. The court considered time spent in custody and her limited financial means.

Sources: andoveradvertiser.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

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

Nigel Robinson

Drink-driving

March 25, 2024

Sentence: 13-month driving disqualification and £530 fine

On March 8, 2024, Nigel Robinson was stopped while driving on Charlton Road, Andover, with no valid insurance and over the legal drink-drive limit, recording 40mg of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.

Pled guilty to driving over the alcohol limit and without insurance. Option to reduce ban by 13 weeks if he completes a drink-driving rehabilitation course by November 22.

Sources: andoveradvertiser.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

Palaniandy Chandrasekaran

Drink Driving

March 22, 2024

Sentence: 12-month driving ban, £690 fine, £650 costs, and £276 surcharge

Palaniandy Chandrasekaran was found guilty of driving on the A303 at Andover on March 22, 2024, with 40 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.

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

Maxwell Oliver Lane-Wheeler

Shoplifting

March 13, 2024

Sentence: 12 weeks imprisonment

Maxwell Oliver Lane-Wheeler entered stores on eight occasions to steal alcohol items, including bottles of wine and crates of lager, with five incidents at the Co-op on City Road between January 5 and February 9, and three at Tesco on Andover Road between February 12 and February 27, resulting in a total value of over £126.

Appeared in court for multiple shoplifting incidents; Sergeant Ryan Keen of the Winchester City team commented that shoplifting is taken seriously and offenders will be brought to court.

Sources: hampshirechronicle.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.

Richard North

Drug-driving

March 10, 2024

Sentence: 3 years driving ban, £120 fine, £40 costs, and £48 surcharge

Richard North was found with levels of benzoylecgonine and cocaine in his blood exceeding the legal limits (greater than 800ug/l for benzoylecgonine and not less than 25ug/l for cocaine) while driving his Volvo V40 on Christchurch Road, Winchester, on September 7, 2023.

Pleaded guilty to two drug-driving offences. Early guilty plea taken into account.

Sources: hampshirechronicle.co.uk

Daniel Casey

Shoplifting

March 6, 2024

Sentence: 12 days of rehabilitation activity and £153.49 in compensation and victim surcharge

Daniel Casey, 46, of Durngate Terrace, stole fragrance gift boxes worth £93 from Boots in Winchester High Street on November 15, four canned drinks and a pack of Birra Moretti beer worth £29.50 from Tesco Express in High Street on December 21, and multiple items worth £39.49 from Boots on January 21.

Pleaded guilty to three counts of shoplifting. The amount will be deducted from his benefits.

Sources: hampshirechronicle.co.uk

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

Gary Page

Theft

March 4, 2024

Sentence: Two weeks imprisonment

Gary Page, 52, of St Cross Road, St Cross, stole £15 worth of dog food from Daniel Wildridge on December 31, 2023.

Pleaded guilty. No order for costs as he is a serving prisoner with insufficient means to pay.

Sources: hampshirechronicle.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

Dermot Brady

Assault by Beating and Stalking

March 3, 2024

Sentence: 8 weeks imprisonment

Dermot Brady, 61, of Woodcote Farm Inn, Upham, assaulted a woman in Upham by beating her on November 7, during which he damaged her phone, and then stalked her between November 18 and November 30.

Pleaded guilty to assault by beating and stalking. A restraining order has been put in place until March 2, 2027, and he has been ordered to pay £400 costs.

Sources: hampshirechronicle.co.uk

Samuel Jameison

Removing a child from care without lawful authority

February 28, 2024

Sentence: three months imprisonment and a restraining order until February 27, 2028

Samuel Jameison, 25, of Greenhill Road, Fulflood, kept a child away from a responsible person by removing the child from care without lawful authority on Thursday, February 27, 2024. The child cannot be identified for legal reasons.

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.

Lee Bone

Harassment and threatening behaviour

February 24, 2024

Sentence: Community order until September 2026, including 240 hours of unpaid work and 25 days of rehabilitation activity, plus a restraining order and ban from Greggs at 57 High Street

Lee Bone threatened to share intimate photographs with the intention or recklessness to cause fear of harm, used threatening language to cause distress, and pursued a course of conduct amounting to harassment.

Pleaded guilty to threatening to share intimate photographs, harassment without violence, and using abusive language to cause distress.

Sources: andoveradvertiser.co.uk

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