Chelmsford Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Explore 39 verdicts at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court (Chelmsford). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

April 2026 1 case

Steve Figg

Offences under the Building Act 1984 *

Sentence

12 months imprisonment suspended for 2 years, with activity requirements with Probation, curfew, prohibition on carrying out work as Principal Contractor for 2 years, and ordered to pay £85,000 compensation

Mr Figg carried out unsafe, non-compliant, and substandard building work at the home of Mr and Mrs Davies, including failing to notify Basildon of stages of work, failing to install suitable suspended floor, adequate cavity wall insulation, wall and roof insulation, failing as Principal Contractor to plan, manage and monitor work, demonstrate necessary skills, transfer load safely, provide adequate support to floor joints and end bearings for steel beams, and contravening compliance notices requiring replacement of ground bearing slab with suspended floor slab, remedy defective steel beam installation, and removal of load bearing internal wall. Example of unsafe work: steel beam propped up by loose collection of blocks.

Pleaded guilty to all 12 charges. Culpability very high, harm high. Prosecuted by Basildon Borough Council.

23 Apr 2026

March 2026 2 cases

Aaron Keenan

Criminal Damage *

Sentence

£250 fine

Aaron Keenan urinated inside a business premises in High Street, Grays, causing a health hazard. He was arrested on March 13, 2026, in connection with an investigation involving a group fight on the high street where weapons including a glass bottle and a guitar were used, leaving a man with a head injury.

Pleaded guilty to urinating inside the premises, causing a health hazard.

14 Mar 2026

Nathan Towers

Driving whilst disqualified *

Sentence

6 weeks imprisonment and further driving ban

Nathan Towers was arrested on March 4, 2026, in Southend after being spotted driving a Mercedes car whilst disqualified. Officers attended an address in Denton Avenue and arrested him inside the vehicle outside his home. He appeared in court the next day and pleaded guilty. This offense occurred four years after he caused the death of his then partner, Jess Waterman, in a single vehicle collision on February 19, 2022, in Houblons Hill, Epping.

Pleaded guilty to driving whilst disqualified. This new conviction led to recall to prison to serve the remainder of his original sentence of 4 years and 3 months due to probation violation.

5 Mar 2026

February 2026 1 case

Shay Mcqueen

Drink-driving causing serious injury *

Sentence

17 weeks imprisonment suspended for 12 months, 12 months driving ban, 150 hours unpaid work

On April 14, 2025, Shay McQueen, 27, was driving at around 40mph on Parkway in Chelmsford city centre after drinking beer and playing darts with a friend. He collided with a female pedestrian who was crossing against a red light while the vehicle lights were green, throwing her into the air. The victim suffered serious injuries including a broken pelvis, broken hip, and bleeding and swelling on the brain, requiring two-and-a-half months in hospital. McQueen stopped at the scene and later attended the police station. Breath test showed 55 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml of breath, exceeding the drink-drive limit.

Of good character with no previous convictions. Shown genuine remorse. Defence highlighted his career as an award-winning golfer and the trauma from being near a light aircraft crash.

2 Feb 2026

January 2026 2 cases

Tarmac Building Products Limited

Health and safety breach *

Sentence

Fined £633,300

Tarmac Building Products Limited failed to prevent access to dangerous parts of machinery at its manufacturing plant in Linford, Essex, on July 22, 2022, leading to an employee's legs being crushed by moving frames on a production line track. The company had prior near misses on the same section of track that were not adequately addressed, and required control measures identified in a risk assessment years earlier were not implemented until after the incident.

Pleaded guilty to failing to discharge their duty. Ordered to pay £5,583 in costs and a victim surcharge of £2,000.

29 Jan 2026

Manpreet Callo

Assault by beating *

Sentence

£400 fine and ordered to pay £110 in costs and £150 in compensation

On 24 October 2025, whilst off-duty and intoxicated, former PC Manpreet Callo grabbed the arm of a passing 12-year-old boy and tried to give him money. The incident was witnessed by leisure centre staff who challenged him. He claimed to be a police officer and showed a photo of himself in uniform. Essex Police arrested him for common assault.

Pleaded guilty. Found to have committed gross misconduct and would have been dismissed if still serving; placed on barred list.

12 Jan 2026

November 2025 3 cases

Andy Carroll

Using mobile phone while driving *

Sentence

£666 fine and 6 points on driving licence

Andy Carroll was spotted by a police officer using his mobile phone behind the wheel of his Range Rover in High Road, Epping, on 20 July 2025, while filming an anti-immigration protest outside The Bell Hotel. The protest was in response to an asylum seeker living there being charged with and later jailed for sexual offences. Carroll argued he was filming to prove to a friend why he was running late to meet them.

Pleaded guilty to using mobile phone while driving. Ordered to pay additional £386 in costs and surcharge. Argument of exceptional hardship accepted, allowing him to keep his licence.

21 Nov 2025

Dawn Hennessey

Operating an unlicensed HMO *

Sentence

Not stated

Dawn Hennessey operated an unlicensed and unsafe HMO at the former Skyline Hotel in Barnston, Essex. An inspection by Uttlesford District Council in June 2024 revealed serious safety failings, including the absence of fire alarms, emergency lighting, and safe escape routes. Despite an emergency prohibition order being served, tenants continued living in the building for several months. Evidence from OccupID confirmed ongoing unlawful occupation.

Pleaded guilty to operating an unlicensed HMO.

13 Nov 2025

Wheatsheaf Mews Development Ltd

Breaching emergency prohibition order *

Sentence

Not stated

Wheatsheaf Mews Development Ltd, the property firm, breached an emergency prohibition order by allowing tenants to continue living in the unsafe former Skyline Hotel in Barnston, Essex, after serious safety failings were identified in June 2024, including no fire alarms, emergency lighting, or safe escape routes. Evidence from OccupID verified multiple residents and ongoing occupation.

Admitted breaching the emergency prohibition order. Fines and costs totalled £58,000.

13 Nov 2025

September 2025 5 cases

Mohammed Sharwarq

Assault *

Sentence

16 weeks imprisonment

Mohammed Sharwarq, a 32-year-old Syrian migrant who arrived in the UK by small boat, assaulted four people at The Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, where he was a resident, between July 25 and August 12, 2025. The victims included two fellow residents and two staff members. Incidents included multiple assaults on one resident culminating in a punch causing a small cut to the jawline on August 12, punching a cleaner in the arm, throwing a banana at the cleaner hitting the back of the head, slapping another resident on the back, attempting to slap a chef in the face, and picking up a chair before being restrained. The offences occurred while he was on police bail for an alleged affray at another asylum hotel. He had previously been placed in a hotel in Gloucestershire before moving to The Bell Hotel.

Pleaded guilty to two counts of common assault and four counts of assault by beating. Ordered to pay £300 compensation to one victim, £200 each to two staff victims, £85 prosecution costs, and £154 victim surcharge. Has signed paperwork to return to Syria.

30 Sep 2025

Joshua Meadows

Failing to remove face covering *

Sentence

Fined £276

On July 24, during a protest outside The Bell hotel in Epping housing asylum seekers, Joshua Meadows, 18, was seen in a crowd with three other males all dressed in black with face coverings. He refused to remove his full face balaclava and hood when asked by police, stating he did not want his face in the media and questioning why he as a white British person couldn't wear a face covering when people could wear burkas. He was arrested, and a quantity of cannabis was found on him. He claimed he never had a full face balaclava but had his hood up due to rain and couldn't hear the officers clearly.

Pleaded guilty to failing to remove an item when asked by a constable and possessing cannabis. Costs of £85 and victim surcharge of £110 ordered. Cannabis confiscated and destroyed.

24 Sep 2025

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu

Sexual Assault *

Sentence

12 months imprisonment

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, an Ethiopian asylum seeker who arrived in the UK on a small boat, sexually assaulted a woman and a 14-year-old girl in early July. He attempted to kiss them, placed his hand on their thighs, stroked their hair, and made comments about wanting to have babies with the teenagers. The incidents took place in Epping, and he was housed at The Bell Hotel at the time.

Found guilty after a three-day trial; wants to be deported after serving sentence; judge commented on his poor regard for women.

23 Sep 2025

Hadush Kebatu

Sexual Assault *

Sentence

12 months imprisonment

Hadush Kebatu, an asylum seeker, sexually assaulted a teenage girl and an adult woman in Epping, Essex. On July 7, he attempted to kiss the teenage girl on a bench, made sexually explicit remarks, and asked her to reciprocate. On July 8, he encountered the same girl again, attempted to kiss her, and sexually assaulted her, knowing she was a minor in school uniform. Earlier that day, he sexually assaulted an adult woman who was assisting him with his CV.

Made subject to a five-year sexual harm prevention order and placed on the sex offenders' register for 10 years. Despite denying charges, found guilty after a three-day trial.

23 Sep 2025

Jimmy Hillard

Assault of an emergency worker *

Sentence

8 weeks imprisonment suspended for 12 months

Jimmy Hillard assaulted a police officer during a protest outside the Bell Hotel in Epping on Friday, which was housing asylum seekers. At around 9.20pm, while a police cordon was in place, an officer asked him to move. He did not comply, was pushed away causing him to fall, and while on the ground, he kicked out at the officer. No injury was sustained. The incident occurred amid ongoing demonstrations at the hotel since July 13, following the alleged sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl by an asylum seeker.

Pleaded guilty. Ordered to complete 60 hours of unpaid work, excluded from the vicinity of the Bell Hotel for six months, pay £100 compensation to the police officer, £85 costs and £154 victim surcharge. Prior conviction in 2021 for racially aggravated offence at the same location. Attended protest while on bail for alleged earlier offences.

1 Sep 2025

August 2025 8 cases

Joanna Reynolds

Assault on emergency workers *

Sentence

12 weeks imprisonment

Joanna Reynolds committed a series of assaults on emergency workers, including attacks on NHS security staff, a police constable, and a nurse in Colchester, as well as an inspector in Clacton, dating back to October 10, 2023. She breached her suspended sentence by failing to attend probation appointments.

Admitted breaching the requirements of a suspended sentence order originally imposed on February 18, 2025 by failing to attend two probation induction appointments in February and March 2025. The suspended sentence was activated for a series of assaults on emergency workers.

21 Aug 2025

Aiden Reid

Depositing controlled waste without a permit *

Sentence

Fined £346

Aiden Reid deposited controlled waste without a permit on August 8, 2023 by garages in Cannon Street, Colchester.

Admitted depositing controlled waste without a permit on August 8, 2023 by garages in Cannon Street. Ordered to pay a victim services surcharge of £138 and costs of £650, making a total financial penalty of £1,134.

21 Aug 2025

Lee Macarthur

Keeping a vehicle without a valid licence *

Sentence

Fined £192 and ordered to pay £83.75 in back duty, total £275.75

Lee Macarthur kept a vehicle without a valid licence on October 10, 2024 at Momples Road.

Admitted keeping a vehicle without a valid licence on October 10, 2024 at Momples Road.

19 Aug 2025

Hayley Humphries

Breach of community order *

Sentence

Fined £40

Hayley Humphries breached a community order by failing to attend planned probation office visits on January 23, 2025 and January 28, 2025, which was originally imposed on September 25, 2023.

Admitted breaching a community order imposed on September 25, 2023 by failing to attend probation office visits on January 23, 2025 and January 28, 2025. A new community order was made requiring drug rehabilitation for six months, mental health treatment for 12 sessions, and up to 40 days of rehabilitation activity.

18 Aug 2025

Ilie-Adrian Popa

Failing to give information relating to the driver of a vehicle *

Sentence

Fined £150 and disqualified from driving for six months for one offence; fined £750 for another offence

Ilie-Adrian Popa failed to give information relating to the driver of a vehicle alleged to have been guilty of an offence on February 9, 2023, in Billericay, and separately on February 3, 2023, in Billericay.

Found guilty of failing to give information relating to the driver of a vehicle.

15 Aug 2025

Belinda Carroll

Failing to comply with a community order *

Sentence

Fined £80 and costs of £60

Belinda Carroll failed without reasonable excuse to comply with the requirements of a community order made by Chelmsford Magistrates Court on December 23, 2024, by failing to report for an office appointment on March 13, 2025, and failing to be available for a planned home visit on March 16, 2025.

Admitted failing to comply with a community order by not reporting for appointments.

14 Aug 2025

Scott Hayes

Failing to comply with a community order *

Sentence

Fined £133 and costs of £60

Scott Hayes failed without reasonable excuse to comply with the requirements of a community order made by Chelmsford Magistrates Court on April 15, 2024, by failing to report for unpaid work on March 9, 2025, and March 23, 2025.

Admitted failing to comply with a community order by not reporting for unpaid work.

14 Aug 2025

Oliver Thornton-Scott

Failing to comply with a community order *

Sentence

Fined £233 and costs of £60

Oliver Thornton-Scott failed without reasonable excuse to comply with the requirements of a community order made by Chelmsford Magistrates Court on February 23, 2024, by failing to report for unpaid work on March 19, 2025, and April 2, 2025.

Admitted failing to comply with a community order by not reporting for unpaid work.

14 Aug 2025

June 2025 1 case

Adrian Dumitru

Driving with excess alcohol *

Sentence

40 months driving ban and £600 fine

Adrian Dumitru, 49, of Bridge Road in East Ham, was involved in a single-vehicle collision on the A13 slip road onto the Rayleigh Spur Roundabout on January 11, 2025. His car was badly damaged on the grass verge, and he failed a roadside breath test, being found to be more than double the legal alcohol limit. He was charged with driving with excess alcohol following the incident.

Pleaded guilty to the charge. PC Dale Barnes commented on the risks of impaired driving due to alcohol.

10 Jun 2025

August 2024 9 cases

Christopher Allen

Stalking *

Sentence

15 months for breaching suspended sentence, 8 months for stalking, and 4 months and 10 weeks for two breaches of a Stalking Protection Order, all to run consecutively

Christopher Allen, of The Walk in Eight Ash Green, breached a Stalking Protection Order by repeatedly following young women around Witham and Colchester in June 2024. He was arrested on July 2, 2024, after the women reported his behaviour.

Pleaded guilty to all offences. This is his third conviction for stalking.

17 Aug 2024

Alan Nagle

Drink driving *

Sentence

One-year community order including 90 hours of unpaid work and a 20-month driving ban

On May 16, Alan Nagle was arrested while driving a Mercedes 200D on the M25. He was over the legal alcohol limit with a reading of 61 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath and was also driving whilst disqualified and without insurance.

Pleaded guilty to the charges.

11 Aug 2024

Daniel Barrick

Breach of community order *

Sentence

New community order with Rehabilitation Activity Requirement (up to 25 days) and 100 hours of unpaid work

Daniel Barrick breached a community order made in 2024 by failing to attend unpaid work on March 23 and March 30, 2025.

Admitted breaching a previous community order by failing to attend unpaid work.

7 Aug 2024

Daryl Mcmahon

Breach of post-release supervision *

Sentence

£160 fine and costs

Daryl McMahon breached post-release supervision by failing to attend on June 27, 2025, and failing to keep contact details up to date.

Admitted breaching post-release supervision by failing to attend as instructed and keep contact details up to date.

6 Aug 2024

Janie Calder

Breach of community order *

Sentence

£100 fine and costs

Janie Calder breached a community order made on March 21, 2025, by failing to attend probation appointments on March 25 and April 10, 2025.

Admitted breaching a community order by failing to attend planned probation appointments.

5 Aug 2024

Abubakar Kullaten

Speeding *

Sentence

Licence endorsed with three points

Abubakar Kullaten was caught speeding at 59mph in a 50mph limit on the M11 near Luxborough Lane Road Bridge, Chigwell, at 1.08am on September 6, 2024.

Case reopened for speeding; exceptional hardship found, avoiding disqualification.

5 Aug 2024

Leonard Oladapo Labinjo

Failing to give driver information *

Sentence

£1,014 fine, costs, and surcharge, and six months driving disqualification

Leonard Oladapo Labinjo failed to give driver information after an offence in Billericay on July 17, 2023.

Found guilty of failing to give driver information.

5 Aug 2024

Michael Silva

Drink-driving *

Sentence

16 months driving disqualification and £393 fine, costs, and surcharge

Michael Silva drove a Honda Vision on Chigwell Lane, Loughton, on September 30, 2019, with 40 microgrammes of alcohol per 100ml of breath, and also drove without a proper licence, without due care, and resisted a constable.

Admitted drink-driving, driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence, driving without due care and attention, and resisting a constable.

5 Aug 2024

Emmanuel Voiska

Fraud *

Sentence

£499.99 in compensation

Emmanuel Voiska took payment for a bathtub but failed to supply it between July 25 and July 26, 2015, at Clacton-on-Sea.

Indicated guilty plea to fraud for taking payment for a bathtub and failing to supply it.

4 Aug 2024

July 2024 2 cases

Paul Lusuku

Contravening a red light *

Sentence

Fined £150 and endorsed with 3 penalty points

Paul Lusuku was driving a Mercedes along the A127 in Southend on January 1, 2024, when he jumped a red light 20.3 seconds after it changed to red.

Admitted jumping a red light. Ordered to pay £90 in costs. Exceptional hardship was noted as he is the sole breadwinner of his family.

8 Jul 2024

Mohammed Almasabi

Drug driving *

Sentence

Banned from driving for 1 year and fined £123

Mohammed Almasabi was driving a Toyota along Cowdray Avenue in Colchester on March 2, 2024, with 4.2 micrograms of THC per litre of blood in his system.

Admitted drug driving.

8 Jul 2024

May 2024 3 cases

Steven Peach

Possession of a class A drug *

Sentence

1 year conditional discharge

Steven Peach was found in possession of 1.84g of methamphetamine in Chelmsford on August 25, 2023.

Admitted possession of a class A drug; will face no further penalty unless another offence is committed within this time.

2 May 2024

Przemyslaw Stasiuk

Drug driving *

Sentence

15 weeks imprisonment, suspended for 2 years

Przemyslaw Stasiuk was driving on the A1014 in Stanford-le-Hope on August 30, 2023, with 240 micrograms of benzoylecgonine and 3.2 micrograms of THC per litre of blood, exceeding the legal limits of 50 and 2 micrograms respectively.

Denied but pleaded guilty to drug driving; also banned from driving for 3 years and handed 150 hours of unpaid work.

1 May 2024

Darlington Atomre

Failure to give information to police *

Sentence

Fined £100

Darlington Atomre failed to give information to Essex Police in Billericay relating to the driver of a Toyota Auris accused of an offence on October 9, 2023.

Admitted failure to give information; also endorsed with six penalty points, and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £40 surcharge.

1 May 2024

April 2024 1 case

Mehmet Has

Failing to give information relating to the identification of a driver *

Sentence

250 GBP fine, 650 GBP costs, 6 penalty points, 100 GBP surcharge

Mehmet Has, 67, of Old Ford Road, Tower Hamlets, did not provide information to police regarding a BMW driver alleged to have committed an offence in Billericay on October 19, 2023.

Found guilty of failing to give information relating to the identification of a driver.

16 Apr 2024

Date Not Specified 1 case

Edward Florez-Ortiz

Theft *

Sentence

six years imprisonment

On 18 January 2024, at a petrol station on London Road, Wrotham, Edward Florez-Ortiz slashed a jewellery salesman's tyre to force a stop, allowing Monica Diaz to distract the victim and Edgar Ardila-Ruiz to steal a bag containing £2.25 million worth of gems from the car boot. The trio fled in a silver Toyota Corolla, captured on CCTV. Part of a larger organised jewellery theft ring operating across England.

Pleaded guilty. From Islington, London. Faces extradition over a prior jewellery theft in Belgium.

1 Jan 0001

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Chelmsford Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Steve Figg

Aaron Keenan

Nathan Towers

Shay Mcqueen

Tarmac Building Products Limited

Manpreet Callo

Andy Carroll

Dawn Hennessey

Wheatsheaf Mews Development Ltd

Mohammed Sharwarq

Joshua Meadows

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu

Hadush Kebatu

Jimmy Hillard

Joanna Reynolds

Aiden Reid

Lee Macarthur

Hayley Humphries

Ilie-Adrian Popa

Belinda Carroll

Scott Hayes

Oliver Thornton-Scott

Adrian Dumitru

Christopher Allen

Alan Nagle

Daniel Barrick

Daryl Mcmahon

Janie Calder

Abubakar Kullaten

Leonard Oladapo Labinjo

Michael Silva

Emmanuel Voiska

Paul Lusuku

Mohammed Almasabi

Steven Peach

Przemyslaw Stasiuk

Darlington Atomre

Mehmet Has

Edward Florez-Ortiz

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