Northampton Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Explore 75 verdicts at Northampton Magistrates' Court (Northampton). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

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Liam Rice

Being concerned in the supply of cannabis *

Sentence

6 months imprisonment suspended for 2 years

Liam Rice, 22, of Bourne Lane, Woodlands, was voluntarily interviewed under caution following a warrant at a property on Bourne Lane on Tuesday 27 July last year, after officers received information concerning drug-related activity in the Woodland area of Totton. Officers seized a large quantity of Class B drugs – cannabis equivalent to approximately £32,500 street value – along with other drug-related paraphernalia.

Also ordered to undertake 240 hours of unpaid work, complete 20 Rehabilitation Activity Requirement (RAR) days, pay £85 court costs and £128 victim surcharge. Convicted of being concerned in the supply of cannabis.

1 Jan 0001

Thomas Nathan Amos

Theft from a shop and assault *

Sentence

18 weeks imprisonment

Thomas Nathan Amos stole items totalling over £2,500 from John Lewis within West Quay Shopping Centre in Southampton over three separate occasions between 4 and 9 August 2021. He was also found guilty of one count of assault.

Found guilty of three counts of theft from a shop and one count of assault. Eight weeks for new offences plus 10 weeks from activated suspended sentence. Ordered not to enter any John Lewis store in England and Wales until 16 August 2022.

1 Jan 0001

Tomasz Zielonka

Driving while unfit through drugs *

Sentence

12-month driving ban, fined £554

On May 17, Tomasz Zielonka, 32, from Southampton, crashed his Ford C-Max into a Mazda on Bassett Avenue around 7pm, hours after undergoing surgery requiring general anaesthetic. Released at 4.45pm, he ignored medical advice not to drive, felt dizzy and numb in his feet while driving after an argument with his girlfriend, and tests confirmed anaesthetic drugs in his system. No one was hurt in the collision.

Found guilty of driving while unfit through drugs. Must pay £620 in court costs and £55 victim surcharge.

1 Jan 0001

Troy France

Harassment *

Sentence

Two-year restraining order and 18-month community order with 150 hours unpaid work; £199 court charges

Troy France, of Brooks Close, Ringwood, sent a number of unwanted messages to a woman, committing the harassment offence between 1st April and 20th July 2024. The restraining order bans him from contacting the victim, with specified exceptions, and from entering Stanfield Road in Bournemouth.

Pleaded guilty to harassment offence.

1 Jan 0001

Vaidas Paliulis

Driving a motor vehicle while above the alcohol limit *

Sentence

2 year driving ban, fined £750 and ordered to pay £385 court charges

Vaidas Paliulis committed the offence of drink-driving on 17th May on the M27 at Fareham.

Pleaded guilty. Age 47, of Longstock Crescent, Totton.

1 Jan 0001

Victoria Tracey Peters

Shoplifting *

Sentence

eight weeks imprisonment

Victoria Tracey Peters stole two bottles of whiskey valued at £64 from Marks and Spencer on St. Thomas Street in Lymington on Tuesday 2 November; produce and alcohol valued at approximately £40 from a Co-Operative petrol station on Wellworthy Road on Friday 12 November; and items totalling £50 from the same petrol station on Monday 15 November.

Aged 31, of Howard’s Mead, Pennington. Entered guilty plea.

1 Jan 0001

Vincent Stephen Petroccione

Shoplifting and breach of restraining order *

Sentence

28 weeks imprisonment

Vincent Stephen Petroccione breached his restraining order on 31 August by attending an address in Southampton and contacting a prohibited person (order only four weeks old). He also committed 12 thefts totalling more than £700 from Co-op stores in Netley and Southampton between 24 August and 18 September, stealing items including washing products, meat, food, candles, detergents, sausages, coffee, and air fresheners.

Pleaded guilty to breach of restraining order (14 weeks imprisonment) and several shoplifting offences. Also ordered to pay £187 victim surcharge.

1 Jan 0001

Waheed Safi

Using threatening / abusive words or behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress *

Sentence

2-year Criminal Behaviour Order

On Friday 13 November 2020, PCSOs on patrol in St Mary’s Street saw a group of people exceeding the maximum number of people allowed to gather under the Covid restrictions. One of the PCSOs approached the group to engage and explain the Covid rules however Safi started shouting abuse at him. Safi was charged and pleaded guilty to using threatening / abusive words or behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress at an earlier hearing in March 2021.

Pleaded guilty to a public order offence at an earlier hearing. Persistent offender involved in previous anti-social behaviour incidents. Order excludes him from entering a number of locations in Southampton city centre including St Marys Street, Kingsway, Brintons Road, St Andrews Road and New Road.

1 Jan 0001

Walter Hanshaw

Driving with cocaine in his system *

Sentence

17 months driving ban, £120 fine, 15 days rehabilitation

Walter Hanshaw (56), of Dinham Road, New Milton, drove a Ford Transit on Old Milton Road on 5th September 2024 with cocaine in his system.

Pleaded guilty.

1 Jan 0001

Robert Jones

Dangerous driving, theft and failure to provide sample *

Sentence

24 weeks imprisonment suspended for 18 months

Robert Jones admitted driving a vehicle dangerously on Millbrook Road West in Southampton on 30th January 2025 while speeding to evade police. He also committed four shop thefts: £70 of chocolate bars and drinks from Asda in Southampton on 27th August 2025; £69 of meat products and £23 of laundry detergents from a Co-op in Southampton on 15th September 2025; £55 of vitamin products from Holland and Barrett in Shirley on 18th September 2025. Additionally, failed to provide a non-intimate sample for class A drug testing while in police detention in Southampton on 25th November 2025.

Pleaded guilty. Includes supervision period, electronically monitored six-month exclusion from Totton, Shirley high streets and Southampton city centre, disqualified from driving for 18 months until extended test passed, rehabilitation activity, and ordered to compensate stores for thefts (except meat items).

1 Jan 0001

Shane Aaron Manyweathers

Trespassing in pursuit of game *

Sentence

Fined £1,050

Officers received reports of hare coursing on Sunday 13 September 2020 at around 6.55pm close by to Lower Bisterne Farm Estate in Ringwood. A local resident had been walking their dogs when he noticed two men in an adjacent estate field and grew suspicious, after he had witnessed them flushing a hare and then releasing a dog in order to pursue the hare. The two men attempted to flee the scene in their vehicle which was parked close by, but were blocked from leaving by the estate associates and eventually fled on foot. Following police enquiries, the two men were subsequently arrested a short while later. They were reported for summons on suspicion of poaching offences, namely trespassing in pursuit of game.

Convicted of poaching offences.

1 Jan 0001

Shane Wright

Shoplifting *

Sentence

18 weeks imprisonment

Shane Wright (23), of Brunswick Place, Totton, targeted Morrisons in Spruce Drive and Aldi in Salisbury Road, stealing chocolate, meat and alcohol in seven thefts between 20 November and 26 December 2025.

Pleaded guilty to seven thefts. Ordered to pay £400 in compensation to the shops.

1 Jan 0001

Shaun Osgood

Drug-driving *

Sentence

15 months driving disqualification and 12-month community order with rehabilitation activity and 100 hours unpaid work

Shaun Osgood was caught driving a Vauxhall Combo van on Calmore Drive in Totton on 6th November 2024 with cocaine and cannabis in his system.

Pleaded guilty to two counts of drug-driving relating to offences involving cocaine (class A) and cannabis (class B). Aged 36, of Long Lane, Holbury.

1 Jan 0001

Simon Knight

Harassment and illegal eviction *

Sentence

12 weeks' imprisonment suspended for 2 years, 16-week curfew between 8pm and 6am, £2,000 compensation, £8,490 costs, £115 victim surcharge

Simon Knight, a buy-to-let landlord, illegally evicted his tenant from a property on Langton Road in Bishop’s Waltham, Hampshire, by changing the locks, preventing access to belongings and essential medication, removing the tenant’s bedroom door and bed, padlocking the communal bathroom door, disconnecting the power to the shower, and failing to repair the oven, washing machine, tumble dryer and kitchen extractor fan, without formally terminating the tenancy.

Convicted under the Protection from Eviction Act 1977 following a trial. Actions caused real hardship for the tenant.

1 Jan 0001

Stephen Cooper

Drink driving *

Sentence

Disqualified from driving for 17 months and fined £576

Stephen Cooper (41) of Marsh Lane, Christchurch, committed the drink driving offence in a Mercedes on Walcott Avenue on 18th April. Police arrested him earlier this year.

Ordered to pay court charges totalling £315. Admitted the offence.

1 Jan 0001

Stephen Raikes

Burglary other than a dwelling (theft) *

Sentence

80 hours unpaid work, up to six rehabilitation activity requirement sessions, and £199 court charges

Stephen Raikes committed burglary other than a dwelling (theft) at Central Stores in Ringwood on 4th November 2024, stealing tobacco, snacks and drinks of unknown value. He also committed theft from the same store on 16th November 2024, taking scratch cards and energy drinks of unknown value.

Admitted one count of burglary other than a dwelling (theft) and one count of theft from a shop. Aged 31, of Trafalgar Square, Mudeford.

1 Jan 0001

Peter Harrison

Exposing genitals *

Sentence

15 days rehabilitation activities, fined £100, £199 costs and charges

Peter Harrison intentionally exposed his genitals to someone with the intent to cause alarm or distress in Southampton on 23rd April 2024.

Pleaded guilty. Aged 73, of Carpenter Close, Hythe.

1 Jan 0001

Naomi Lennards

Making off without payment for fuel and shoplifting *

Sentence

12-month community order with non-residential drug rehabilitation and rehabilitation activity requirements, £80 compensation, £40 prosecution costs

Naomi Lennards admitted making off without paying for fuel valued at £40.01 on 14th May 2024 and another £40.04 worth six days later at Southampton. She also admitted shoplifting goods valued at £245.69 from Asda in the city on 14th November 2024.

Pleaded guilty. Aged 40, of Beech Crescent, Hythe.

1 Jan 0001

Quincy Hopkins

Assault and theft *

Sentence

10 weeks imprisonment

Quincy Hopkins (27), of Queens Way, Ringwood, targeted Tesco Express on Butlers Lane, Ringwood, on Sunday 22nd June 2025, stealing around £250 of goods and assaulting a female staff member.

Pleaded guilty to assaulting a female staff member and theft of around £250 of goods. Ordered to pay £125 compensation to the victim. Sentence due to nature and seriousness of the crimes and prolific reoffending.

1 Jan 0001

Malachi Bates

Assaulting an emergency worker *

Sentence

16 weeks in jail and a further 8 weeks consecutively after activation of suspended sentence

Malachi Bates became obstructive, abusive and threatening towards venue staff at Pop World in Southampton on the evening of Tuesday 22 February after they requested he vacate the premises. Upon police arrival, he became aggressive and abusive towards officers, assaulting two police officers. The abuse continued while transported to Southampton General Hospital for treatment of a previous medical condition, where he was threatening towards hospital staff.

Pleaded guilty to both offences. Suspended sentence for a prior incident was activated.

1 Jan 0001

Malan Thachil

Drink driving and driving without a valid licence *

Sentence

12 months driving ban, fined £392, £85 costs, £157 surcharge

Malan Thachil was caught drink driving without a valid licence on the A338 in Ringwood on 12th October 2025.

Admitted the offences. Age 28, of Southampton Road.

1 Jan 0001

Mikey Hopgood

Drug-driving *

Sentence

12-month driving disqualification, fined £80, £32 victim surcharge

Mikey Hopgood (21), of Rushington Lane, Totton, was caught at the wheel with cannabis (a class B controlled substance) in his system at Rownhams Services on the M27 on 15th July.

Pleaded guilty. No prosecution costs ordered due to lack of means.

1 Jan 0001

Modestas Gabreliunas

Drink-driving *

Sentence

38-month driving disqualification, fined £700, £365 court charges

Modestas Gabreliunas was caught at the wheel while over the alcohol limit driving a Vauxhall Insignia on Priestlands Road in Pennington on 24th April.

Convicted of drink-driving. Age 32, of Tithe Barn, Lymington.

1 Jan 0001

Michael Smith

Driving with a proportion of a controlled drug above the specified limit *

Sentence

36 months driving ban, £100 fine, and up to 15 rehabilitation activity requirement

Michael Smith (49), of Foldsgate Close, Lyndhurst, committed the offence on 18th March 2025 while driving a Vauxhall Insignia in Fareham. A blood test revealed class A drug cocaine and its by-product benzoylecgonine in his system.

Pleaded guilty to two counts of driving with a proportion of a controlled drug above the specified limit.

1 Jan 0001

Michael Vincent Breen

Driving while disqualified and driving without insurance *

Sentence

8-week suspended sentence for 12 months, disqualified from driving for 16 months, fined £300

Officers spotted Breen driving a vehicle on the Cadland Park estate at around 1.40pm on Friday 30 April. He was convicted of driving while disqualified and driving without having valid insurance.

Aged 40, of Cadland Park in Holbury. Ordered to pay £100 costs and £128 victim surcharge.

1 Jan 0001

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Northampton Magistrates' Court, located in Northampton, is a Magistrates' Court that deals with summary offences, some either-way offences, and preliminary hearings for more serious cases. With 75 sentencing records in our database, it serves the Northampton 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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