Hastings Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Explore 6 verdicts at Hastings Magistrates' Court (Hastings). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

August 2026 1 case

Sarah Adams

5 Aug 2026

Drink driving *

Sentence

Banned from driving for 34 months and ordered to pay costs totalling £1,787

Sarah Adams reversed her car into a house in Hastings on Thursday 9 April, causing significant structural damage. Police attended and she was taken into custody, where a breath test showed 148 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath, more than four times the legal limit of 35. She pleaded guilty to drink driving.

Pleaded guilty to drink driving. Breath test recorded 148 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath; the legal limit is 35.

sussexonlinenews.co.uk

Verified against source 29 Aug 2026

April 2026 1 case

Dominika Wisniewska

9 Apr 2026

Drink-driving and assault *

Sentence

Disqualified from driving for 28 months, 12-month community order, and ordered to pay £250 compensation

On 17 December, Dominika Wisniewska, a 41-year-old woman from Hastings, repeatedly stalled her car in the Morrisons car park. When two Morrisons employees tried to help with the stalled vehicle, she slapped one worker and spat at another. After her arrest, she continued to assault police officers in custody by kicking and spitting at them.

Alcohol level of 118 micrograms per 100ml of breath, more than three times the legal limit.

uknip.co.uk

Verified against source 28 Aug 2026

November 2024 1 case

Stuart Hutchinson

20 Nov 2024

Causing serious injury by careless driving *

Sentence

Community order with 180 hours unpaid work, disqualified from driving for 15 months, ordered to pay £85 costs and a £114 surcharge

On 29 November 2023 at about 8.30am, Stuart Hutchinson turned his Nissan Qashqai abruptly across the path of a motorcyclist on the A259 at Hooe, near Bexhill, while trying to avoid queuing traffic. The motorcyclist had no time to react and sustained life-changing injuries including broken legs, broken arms, broken shoulder blades, spinal injuries, multiple dislocations, damage to an Achilles tendon and broken bones in his hands. Hutchinson admitted causing serious injury by careless driving.

Admitted causing serious injury by careless driving. Police said the turn was attempted to save a minute or two of queuing in traffic and was not advisable.

sussexexpress.co.uk

Verified against source 29 Aug 2026

Date Not Specified 3 cases

Louise Willard

Date not specified

Drink-driving and failing to stop after a crash *

Sentence

Banned from driving for 2 years, 12-month community order, 150 hours unpaid work, fined £170 plus costs

On April 4 at 5:24pm, Louise Willard was driving a white Vauxhall Corsa in Bexhill. A member of the public reported her clipping kerbs on the A259 Marsh Road, and another report stated she crashed into a parked Audi A4 on Turkey Road before driving off. Police stopped her shortly after. She failed a roadside breath test, blowing 94mcg of alcohol per 100ml of breath, almost three times the legal limit. Her own dash cam captured her swerving and clipping kerbs for miles.

Pleaded guilty to drink-driving and failing to stop after a crash. Breath test 94mcg alcohol/100ml breath, almost three times legal limit. Dash cam footage showed swerving and clipping kerbs.

berkshire999.co.uk

Verified against source 28 Aug 2026

Mark Bailey

Date not specified

Drink driving *

Sentence

Disqualified from driving for 20 months and fined £1,894

On 30 March 2024, Mark Bailey was found asleep at the wheel of his car with the engine running in the car park of Goldsmith Leisure Centre, Crowborough. He failed a roadside breath test and was arrested. He later tested positive for 88 microgrammes of alcohol per 100ml of breath, over twice the legal limit of 35.

Pleaded guilty. Breath test showed 88 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath, more than double the legal limit of 35.

sussexonlinenews.co.uk

Source last checked 28 Aug 2026

Arras Omar Ahmed

Date not specified

Illegal tobacco sales *

Sentence

16 weeks imprisonment

Owner of Little Shop in Bohemia Road, St Leonards, caught with £6,000 worth of illegal tobacco and cigarettes during three Trading Standards visits in November 2020, January 2021 and June 2021. Products had counterfeit packaging, sometimes without health warnings. He repeatedly failed to attend court, and Hastings Magistrates Court found him guilty in his absence. An appeal earlier reduced the original 26-week sentence to 16 weeks. The court also ordered destruction of the seized items, and he must pay a £154 victim surcharge and £2,887.50 prosecution costs.

Found guilty in absence after failing to appear. Initially jailed for 26 weeks, reduced to 16 weeks on appeal. Also ordered to pay £154 victim surcharge and £2,887.50 prosecution costs.

sussexonlinenews.co.uk

Source last checked 28 Aug 2026

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About Hastings Magistrates' Court

Hastings Magistrates' Court, located in Hastings, is a Magistrates' Court that deals with summary offences, some either-way offences, and preliminary hearings for more serious cases. With 6 sentencing records in our database, it serves the Hastings 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.

The court can be found at Bohemia Rd, Hastings TN34 1ND, TN34 1ND.

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