Bodmin Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Explore 128 verdicts at Bodmin Magistrates' Court (Bodmin, Bodmin). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

Michael Pengelly

Breach of restraining order

July 5, 2025

Sentence: Community order with exclusion from an area and electronic monitoring

On April 23, 2025, Michael Pengelly breached a restraining order imposed on April 14, 2025, by attending a prohibited address without reasonable excuse.

Ordered to pay costs of £85 to the Crown Prosecution Service. Must remain at home address between 5pm and midnight until June 29, 2025, and participate in rehabilitation activity up to 40 days.

Sources: cornwalllive.com

Richard Rosevear

Assault

July 4, 2025

Sentence: 12-month conditional discharge and £20 compensation

Richard Rosevear assaulted a man in Bodmin on New Year’s Eve and stole £90 worth of alcohol from Morrisons.

Richard Roseveare

Assault

July 4, 2025

Sentence: 12-month conditional discharge and £20 compensation

Richard Roseveare assaulted a man at Bodmin on New Year’s Eve and stole £90 worth of alcohol from Morrisons.

Garry Ellis

Failing to give information

July 4, 2025

Sentence: Fined £334, £134 surcharge, £90 costs, and six points added to licence

Garry Ellis failed to provide information to the police regarding the driver of a Fiat Fullback that was alleged to have committed an offence.

Found guilty of failing to tell police who was driving a vehicle alleged to have been guilty of an offence; magistrates noted that a ban would adversely affect the defendant and his family.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Jack Braunton

Speeding

July 4, 2025

Sentence: 14-day driving ban, £614 fine, £246 victim surcharge, and £90 costs

Jack Braunton drove in excess of 50 mph in a temporary speed restriction on the A30 at Plusha in January.

Louis Ashton

Speeding

July 4, 2025

Sentence: Six-month driving ban, £323 fine, £129 victim surcharge, and £90 costs

Louis Ashton sped in a van on the A30 at Tregullon Dip last August.

Luke Somerton Parker

Assault by beating and criminal damage

June 28, 2025

Sentence: Community order with alcohol abstinence and monitoring for 120 days until October 20, 2025, and rehabilitation activity

Luke Somerton Parker, aged 35 from Langreek Bungalows, Polpero, assaulted a victim by beating and damaged glass window panes valued at £200 on or about January 23, 2025, at a property in Fore Street, East Looe.

Assault by beating and criminal damage; ordered to pay £200 compensation, £85 costs, and £115 surcharge; required to remain at home between 5pm and midnight until June 25, 2025.

Sources: cornwalllive.com

Daniel Wenn

Assault occasioning actual bodily harm and criminal damage

June 28, 2025

Sentence: 26 weeks imprisonment, suspended for 12 months

Daniel Wenn, aged 35 from Whiterock Road, Wadebridge, assaulted a victim causing actual bodily harm and damaged spectacles valued at £300 on February 2, 2023, in Wadebridge, Cornwall.

Assault occasioning actual bodily harm and criminal damage; ordered to pay £650 costs, £154 surcharge, and £1,000 compensation.

Sources: cornwalllive.com

Ramin Vatman-Zadeh

Driving without insurance, without a licence, and without due care

June 28, 2025

Sentence: £173 fine, disqualified from driving for 12 months

Ramin Vatman-Zadeh, aged 19 from Cross Lane, St Austell, drove a BMW (LO11 PYH) on the A389 in Bodmin on September 17, 2024, without insurance, without a valid licence, and without due care and attention.

No third-party insurance, driving without a licence, and careless driving; ordered to pay £90 costs and £69 surcharge.

Sources: cornwalllive.com

Paul Collins

Assault by beating and dangerous driving

June 28, 2025

Sentence: 26 weeks imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, with interim driving disqualification

Paul Collins, aged 40 from Grenifer Road, Illogan, assaulted a victim by beating outside a school in Camborne on December 7, 2023, while the incident was witnessed by children, and drove dangerously on Mount Pleasant Road in Camborne on the same date.

Assault by beating and dangerous driving; ordered to pay £200 costs and £200 compensation.

Sources: cornwalllive.com

Oliver Coakham

Speeding

June 21, 2025

Sentence: £261 fine, 5 penalty points

On April 12, 2024, Oliver Coakham drove a motor vehicle on the A394 Longdowns Village at a speed exceeding 30 miles per hour.

David Dick

Speeding

June 21, 2025

Sentence: 3 penalty points, £615 fine, £90 costs, £246 surcharge

On July 7, 2024, David Dick drove a motor vehicle on the A30 at Millpool Junction at a speed exceeding 70 miles per hour.

Jake Reynolds

Attempt to drive while over the alcohol limit

June 21, 2025

Sentence: Community order with 12 months mental health treatment, 24 months driving disqualification, £346 fine, £85 costs, £114 surcharge

On March 15 at Tintagel, Jake Reynolds attempted to drive a motor vehicle on Bossiny Road with 113 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, exceeding the prescribed limit.

Joshua Barnes

Possession of a controlled drug

June 21, 2025

Sentence: £200 fine, £85 costs, £80 surcharge

On February 9 at Victoria Square, Castle Canyke Road, at the Eclipse Nightclub, Joshua Barnes had in his possession ten tablets of MDMA, a controlled drug of Class A.

Possessed a controlled drug of Class A - MDMA. Forfeiture and destruction of the MDMA ordered.

Sources: cornwalllive.com

Matthew Bradfield

Theft and criminal damage

June 17, 2025

Sentence: 18 weeks imprisonment

Matthew Bradfield stole an e-bike worth £2,700 from a shop and intentionally caused £237 worth of damage to a property by breaking a window. The offences were part of a series of criminal activities in St Austell.

Stole an e-bike worth £2,700 and caused £237 worth of damage to a property by purposely damaging the window.

Sources: cornwalllive.com

Andrew Warren

Failure to provide specimen for analysis

June 14, 2025

Sentence: £576 fine, 30 months driving disqualification

On April 20, at Camborne Police Station, failed without reasonable excuse to provide a specimen of blood for analysis when suspected of driving under the influence.

Michael O'brien

Driving with alcohol level above the limit

June 14, 2025

Sentence: £1,125 fine, 12 months driving disqualification

On April 4, 2024, at Bodmin, drove a motor vehicle on the A38 Glynn Valley with a urine alcohol level of 130 milligrams per 100 millilitres, exceeding the prescribed limit.

Alan Croxford

Stalking

June 13, 2025

Sentence: Two-year stalking protection order

Alan Croxford engaged in stalking by turning up at a pub and waiting for a woman, making comments such as 'you look pretty today' and 'you were looking at me with soft eyes earlier', sending letters professing love and asking her to marry him, including stating he had purchased a £560 ring.

Guy Field

Failing to comply with a Public Spaces Protection Order

June 13, 2025

Sentence: Fined £60 and ordered to pay a £24 victim surcharge and £200 costs

Guy Field failed to comply with a Public Spaces Protection Order by not removing dog faeces at Blackbird Crescent, Launceston on 27 January.

Jago Weeks

Assault and public order offense

June 7, 2025

Sentence: Community order with 120 days alcohol abstinence and monitoring, and 20 activity requirement days

On May 2, 2024 at Reading Railway station, used threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour causing harassment, alarm or distress, and assaulted a man by beating him.

Oliver Jonas

Assault and criminal damage

June 7, 2025

Sentence: Community order with 4 months curfew and compensation of £250

On October 17, 2024 at A38, Liskeard, assaulted an emergency worker acting in the exercise of his functions and damaged an ambulance valued at £175.50 without lawful excuse.

Assaulted an emergency worker and caused criminal damage; costs and surcharge ordered.

Sources: cornwalllive.com

Stephen Wills

Failure to provide driver information

June 7, 2025

Sentence: Fine of £660 and 6 penalty points

On June 10, 2024 at Crownhill, Plymouth, failed to give information relating to the identification of the driver of a vehicle alleged to have been guilty of an offence.

Kim Upton

Directing a laser beam towards an aircraft

June 4, 2025

Sentence: 12-month conditional discharge

Kim Upton shone a laser beam towards a Devon and Cornwall Police helicopter on seven occasions around midnight in August of the previous year, while the helicopter was on a 'risk to life' mission searching for a high-risk missing person using thermal imaging gear. She claimed it was not deliberate and was using the laser to light up her garden for her dog, but the beam could have caused temporary blindness to the two-man crew and incapacitated the pilot, potentially leading to a crash.

Pleaded guilty to shining a laser beam at a police helicopter. The court noted she acted recklessly and stupidly, and her actions could have caused serious repercussions if it had affected the pilot.

Sources: cornwalllive.com

Duncan Bond

Breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005

June 3, 2025

Sentence: Ordered to pay £500 per month towards the fine

Duncan Bond, as director of Bond Bowden Property, appeared in court regarding the company's failure to pay a fine related to fire safety violations. The company had previously pleaded guilty to six charges under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, which included inadequate fire prevention measures at a commercial property on Plymouth Road in Liskeard. These violations occurred as of January 3, 2024, and involved risks such as lack of fire compartmentalisation, no fire detectors or alarms, insufficient firefighting equipment, inadequate training, obstructed fire exits, and lack of proper fire safety drills.

Appeared as director of Bond Bowden Property for non-payment of the company's fine; no personal plea or additional comments specified.

Sources: cornwalllive.com

Gary O’Nions

Speeding

May 30, 2025

Sentence: Six-month driving ban, £40 fine

Gary O’Nions, 79, of Fore Street, Callington, was convicted of speeding in Nottingham in March 2024.

Convicted of speeding. The ban was due to repeat offending. Must pay a £16 victim surcharge and £90 costs.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Cameron Hansson

Drink driving and driving without insurance

May 30, 2025

Sentence: 20-month driving ban (reducible by 20 weeks if a course is completed), £120 fine

Cameron Hansson, 33, of Diddies Road, Stratton, drove a VW Transporter on Orchard Close, Poughill on 26 April with 84 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, exceeding the legal limit of 35 micrograms, and without insurance.

Pleaded guilty to drink driving and driving without insurance. Must pay a £48 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Katheryn Baker

Failing to stop after an accident and drink driving

May 30, 2025

Sentence: 20-month driving ban (reducible by 20 weeks if a course is completed), 80 hours of unpaid work

Katheryn Baker, 53, of Drakewalls Gardens, Gunnislake, failed to stop after her Suzuki Wagon caused damage to another vehicle on Cemetery Road, Albaston on 8 March, and drove with 77 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, exceeding the legal limit of 35 micrograms.

Pleaded guilty to failing to stop after an accident and drink driving. Must pay a £114 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Kenny Wilson

Stalking

May 30, 2025

Sentence: £1000 fine

Kenny Wilson, 27, of Higher Silver Valley, Callington, stalked a woman by placing an air tag in her car to monitor her movements between 26 December and 28 January.

Pleaded guilty to stalking. Ordered to pay a £400 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Peter Heggie

Speeding

May 30, 2025

Sentence: Six-month driving ban, £666 fine

Peter Heggie, 37, of Rilla Mill, Callington, sped through Drakewalls in August 2023.

Martin Davis

Theft and possession of cannabis

May 27, 2025

Sentence: 8 weeks imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, plus £461 compensation and £85 costs

Martin Davis, 54, from St Dominic’s Close in Bodmin, stole items valued at £179 from Boots on Fore Street on December 10, 2024, and additional items valued at £282 on November 16, 2024. He was also found in possession of 0.415 grams of cannabis on Higher Bore Street on January 25, 2025. The crimes involved theft from a retail store and drug possession, showing a pattern of disregard for property.

Pleaded guilty; magistrates noted a flagrant disregard for people and property, indicating he was operating as a professional criminal.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Shay Iles

Breach of restraining order

April 16, 2025

Sentence: Fined £80

Shay Iles breached a restraining order on 16 April 2025 by going to an address in Hillside Park, Bodmin.

Paul Murdoch

Assault

April 11, 2025

Sentence: 16 weeks imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, and ordered to pay £85 costs

Paul Murdoch assaulted a police officer by using his head as a weapon and engaged in threatening behaviour on Albert Road, St Austell on 5 December 2024.

Pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer in an unprovoked attack and using threatening behaviour, as well as failing to attend Bodmin magistrates’ court.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Kieran Mckeowan

Failing to provide a specimen

April 11, 2025

Sentence: Banned from driving for 18 months (reducible by 18 weeks if a course is completed), fined £200, and ordered to pay £80 victim surcharge and £85 costs

Kieran McKeowan failed to provide a specimen of blood for analysis during a traffic offence investigation in September, drove without a licence or insurance, and was found in possession of 2.63 grams of cannabis on Berrycoombe Road, Bodmin.

Pleaded guilty to failing to provide a specimen of blood for analysis in September, driving without a licence and insurance, and possessing 2.63 grams of cannabis.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Jack Ward Moor

Drug driving

April 11, 2025

Sentence: Banned from driving for 12 months, fined £120, and ordered to pay £48 victim surcharge and £85 costs

Jack Ward Moor drove on Bell Lane, Bodmin on 14 December with 3.2 micrograms of cannabis per litre of blood, exceeding the legal limit, and operated the vehicle without a valid MOT.

Pleaded guilty to driving on Bell Lane, Bodmin on 14 December with excess cannabis in his blood and driving without an MOT.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Kenneth Macleay

Drink driving

April 4, 2025

Sentence: 12-month driving ban (reducible by three months if course completed), £650 fine

Kenneth Macleay drove between Trussel Bridge and Valley View on the B3254 on 4 October with excess alcohol in his blood.

Pleaded guilty to driving with 81 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood exceeding the limit of 80; ordered to pay a £260 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Kiran Warner

Assault

April 4, 2025

Sentence: Community order including mental health treatment, 120 hours of unpaid work

Kiran Warner assaulted two men in Newquay on 3 November.

Adam Smith

Attempting to engage in sexual communication

April 4, 2025

Sentence: 12-month prison sentence suspended for two years

Adam Smith attempted to engage in sexual communication with five girls in 2022, expressing desires to kiss, cuddle, meet up, make love, and requesting indecent images.

Pleaded guilty to five charges of attempting to engage in sexual communication; ordered to have mental health treatment for 12 months, made subject to a sexual harm prevention order restricting contact with girls under 16 and internet use, and must pay a £187 victim surcharge and £135 costs.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Craig Parnell

Drink driving

April 4, 2025

Sentence: 40-month driving ban (reducible by 40 weeks if course completed), £120 fine

Craig Parnell drove a Land Rover at the Esso service station on Callington Road, Saltash on 2 March with excess alcohol in his breath.

Pleaded guilty to driving with 64 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath exceeding the limit of 35; ordered to pay a £48 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Igor Stojka

Assault

April 4, 2025

Sentence: Community order with 200 hours unpaid work and compensations of £100, £200, £200, and £150

Igor Stojka assaulted two police officers and two men on Clifden Road on 5 July.

Harrison Bignell

Criminal damage

April 4, 2025

Sentence: £60 fine and £100 compensation, plus £24 victim surcharge and £85 costs

Harrison Bignell damaged windows at Middle Gillies Conce on 30 August.

Gerson Lourenco

Criminal damage and dangerous driving

April 4, 2025

Sentence: Community order, 12-month driving ban

Gerson Lourenco damaged the window of a home and caused £4000 worth of damage to a van, and engaged in dangerous driving in a BMW in St Austell on 22 July 2022.

Pleaded guilty to damaging a window causing £4000 worth of damage to a van, and dangerous driving; ordered to pay £446.39 compensation, £85 costs, and £114 victim surcharge, and must pass an extended driving test.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

David Hewitt

Food hygiene breaches

April 4, 2025

Sentence: £5672 fine

David Hewitt produced eggs in dirty conditions, breaching EU Hygiene regulations.

Pleaded guilty to four charges under EU Hygiene regulations for producing eggs in dirty conditions; ordered to pay a £2000 victim surcharge and £7226.90 costs.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Michael Houghton

Drug driving

April 4, 2025

Sentence: Community order including drug rehabilitation, 100 hours of unpaid work, 28-month driving ban

Michael Houghton drove in St Austell in December with excess cocaine and cannabis in his blood.

Pleaded guilty to driving with 12 micrograms of cocaine per litre of blood exceeding the limit of ten and 2.1 micrograms of cannabis exceeding the limit of two; ordered to pay a £114 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Simon Floyd

Breach of fire safety regulations

April 4, 2025

Sentence: £8000 fine

Simon Floyd failed to comply with fire safety regulations at The Tree Inn, Stratton between May and September 2023, with inadequate fire detectors, alarms, and means of escape, putting people at risk of death or serious injury.

Pleaded guilty to failing to comply with fire safety regulations; ordered to pay a £2000 victim surcharge and £2755.60 costs.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Ross Palmer

Criminal damage

April 4, 2025

Sentence: £450 compensation

Ross Palmer caused £450 worth of damage to a Nissan car in St Austell last April.

Ross Stone

Failing to comply with community protection notice

April 4, 2025

Sentence: Banned from keeping dogs for ten years and made subject to a Criminal Behaviour Order

Ross Stone failed to comply with a community protection notice by permitting his dog to roam unattended and not under control on land accessible to the public on five occasions, leading to the order on 25 March.

Ramone Griffiths

Drug driving

April 4, 2025

Sentence: 12-month driving ban, £120 fine

Ramone Griffiths drove in Newquay in November with excess cannabis in his blood and without a licence or insurance.

Pleaded guilty to driving with 3.1 micrograms of cannabis in 100 millilitres of blood exceeding the limit of two, and driving without a licence or insurance; ordered to pay a £48 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Rebecca Booth

Assault occasioning actual bodily harm

April 4, 2025

Sentence: Community order, £200 fine, £250 compensation, and £135 costs

Rebecca Booth assaulted a woman, causing actual bodily harm, in Cardinham Woods in May 2023.

Ross Jan Stone

Breaching Community Protection Notice

March 25, 2025

Sentence: Banned from keeping or owning dogs for 10 years

Ross Jan Stone allowed his dogs to stray repeatedly, leading to the killing of 22 sheep and causing near-misses on roads. Despite being issued a Community Protection Notice in May, he continued the behaviour. In December, he was found guilty of five charges of breaching the notice and ordered to pay fines and costs. On March 25, 2025, evidence was presented at court about the harassment and distress caused, including attacks on sheep and prior animal neglect convictions.

Did not attend the hearing. Previously found guilty of breaching a Community Protection Notice and convicted of neglect and causing unnecessary suffering to a dog. Must rehome dogs within 21 days.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk