Cannock Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Explore 10 verdicts at Cannock Magistrates' Court (Cannock). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

December 2025 2 cases

Mohammed Amin

Common assault *

Sentence

£200 fine

On November 27, 2025, at 11am, Mohammed Amin, under the influence of monkey dust, pulled out two knives with four-inch blades and threatened two women in a car on Waterloo Road, Cobridge, Stoke-on-Trent, attempting to enter the vehicle. Police tasered and restrained him. Separately, between March 29 and April 21, 2025, he made 24 calls to 999, often incoherent due to drug use (monkey dust and cocaine), causing annoyance, inconvenience, and anxiety, including a false burglary report linked to his mental health struggles and paranoia.

Pleaded guilty to two charges of common assault, two charges of possession of a knife in public, vehicle interference, and a charge under section 127 of the Communications Act. Also ordered to pay £85 costs and £80 surcharge. Remanded in custody until next hearing at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court.

17 Dec 2025

Morgan Halliday

Dangerous driving while disqualified and drug driving *

Sentence

30 weeks imprisonment and 60 months driving ban

Morgan Halliday, 25, of Flintshire, Wales, was spotted driving a Volvo on Seighford Lane in March 2025 while disqualified and under the influence of cannabis. He ignored police signals to pull over, drove at more than double the speed limit, mounted a verge causing a wheel to knock out of alignment, and was pursued until he stopped. He provided a positive test for cannabis upon arrest.

Admitted driving a motor vehicle dangerously, driving while disqualified, driving a motor vehicle with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit, using a motor vehicle without third party insurance, and failing to stop when required by a constable. Ordered to pay £187 costs.

5 Dec 2025

October 2025 1 case

Shawn Doolan

Theft *

Sentence

33 weeks imprisonment

Shawn Doolan stole items worth £534 from three shops and two victims in Stoke-on-Trent between March 22 and September 12, 2025. He ignored a ban on entering Home Bargains at Etruria, entering the shop three times on September 11 and 12.

Pleaded guilty to five counts of theft from a shop, three counts of breaching a criminal behaviour order (CBO), two counts of theft from a person and one charge of criminal damage to property valued under £5,000.

29 Oct 2025

September 2025 3 cases

Janice Pope

Failing to comply with abatement notices *

Sentence

Fined nearly £3,500

Janice Pope, a landlord from Kingswear, Dartmouth, ignored abatement notices served by Stafford Borough Council regarding her unsafe rental property. The tenant had complained about damp and mould, a defective boiler, inadequate ventilation, a blocked drain, and loose paving slabs. Following an investigation, the council ordered improvements, but Pope failed to comply and blamed the tenant for the disrepair. The property was deemed unsafe, leading to the re-homing of the tenant, a mother and her two teenage daughters.

Found guilty in her absence on eight offences of failing to comply with abatement notices. The council plans to apply for her to be added to the rogue landlord database.

17 Sep 2025

Not Stated

Criminal damage and racially aggravated public order offence *

Sentence

1 month custodial sentence for criminal damage and 2 months custodial sentence for racially aggravated public order offence

On 29 June 2024, the defendant was travelling on a bus when he was asked by the driver to turn down his music and stop vaping. He responded by becoming racially abusive towards the complainant and caused damage to the bus.

Pleaded guilty to both offences. Ordered to pay £200 in compensation.

10 Sep 2025

Daniel Toon

Waste offences *

Sentence

Fined £576 and ordered to pay £1,046 in costs and £230 victim surcharge

Daniel Toon, a builder from Walsall, gave building waste from a site to Lee Mills, knowing Mills had previous convictions for waste offences. Mills dumped the waste in Nether Lane in June 2024, blocking the road and prompting investigation by environmental health officers from Lichfield District Council. Toon was prosecuted for failing his duty of care regarding waste disposal.

Failed to pay a £300 fixed penalty and admitted two offences under the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

2 Sep 2025

March 2025 1 case

Darnell Mccollins

Sexual assault *

Sentence

23-week prison term

Darnell McCollins sexually assaulted two teenage girls outside Stafford Crown Court while he was on trial for another offence. He approached them, asked for their details, touched both of them, and made repeat advances. The incident unfolded last year, and he was arrested the next day after the girls reported it.

Admitted to sexual assault on a female. The sentence will run consecutively to a separate sentence he is serving. Also put on the Sex Offenders' Register for seven years and ordered to pay £604 costs.

21 Mar 2025

April 2024 1 case

Ben Duckett

Speeding *

Sentence

Fined £700 with 4 penalty points

Ben Duckett was caught speeding on camera along the A50 near Stoke in Staffordshire at 93mph in his Land Rover, exceeding the 70mph limit. The incident occurred at just after 1.30pm on August 24, 2023, hours before he played in a cricket match at Old Trafford.

Pleaded guilty to speeding offence through Single Justice Procedure. No mitigation offered. Ordered to pay £120 costs and £280 victim surcharge.

12 Apr 2024

October 2023 1 case

Bridgnorth Aluminium Limited

Breach of Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 *

Sentence

£300,000 fine

A worker at Bridgnorth Aluminium Limited in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, was crushed by a 1.5-tonne hydraulic launder arm on May 10, 2023, while kneeling inside a casting mould. The arm fell due to hydraulic failure, trapping him for 22 minutes and causing life-changing injuries. The company had not assessed the risks or implemented a suitable safe system of work, and the safety bar was not fit for purpose. The incident occurred at temperatures around 100C, and the worker has not returned to work since.

Pleaded guilty to breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. Ordered to pay £8,301 in costs.

13 Oct 2023

Date Not Specified 1 case

Alan Belfield

Animal neglect *

Sentence

12 month community order, £250 fine and £1000 costs

Staffordshire County Council’s Trading Standards animal health officers visited the holding used by Belfield at Wetley Rocks in September 2020, finding three sheep in poor bodily condition, one suffering from flystrike, others with abnormal udders including one with a black cable tie fastened around it. Other sheep showed signs of lameness despite prior warning in 2019. Belfield failed to report sheep movements from a local livestock market or keep an annual inventory.

Pleaded guilty to 18 charges of animal neglect and failing to correctly dispose of the carcases of animals that had died. Changed farming practices. No disqualification order given but warned of severe consequences if reoffending.

1 Jan 0001

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Cannock Magistrates' Court, located in Cannock, is a Magistrates' Court that deals with summary offences, some either-way offences, and preliminary hearings for more serious cases. With 10 sentencing records in our database, it serves the Cannock area and surrounding communities. Magistrates' Courts handle the majority of criminal cases in England and Wales, with cases heard by a bench of magistrates or a district judge.

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