Peterborough Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Gary Marston, 52, from Cambridgeshire, was arrested for failing to provide a breath sample after being stopped on suspicion of drink driving in August 2022. He became agitated during restraint and later falsely claimed that a police officer had put his hands inside his shorts and sexually assaulted him. An investigation using body-worn video footage confirmed that the officer's hands were above shoulder height throughout, proving no assault occurred.

Dr. Francis Bailey, a 63-year-old doctor with 20 years of experience, abused his position by initiating a sexual relationship with a vulnerable patient who had a history of poor mental health. The relationship began shortly after the patient was discharged from a psychiatric unit in December 2021. Bailey prescribed her medication, provided his personal number, and engaged in a five-month sexual affair while continuing to treat her. The misconduct was discovered in May 2022 when a friend found messages on an old phone, leading to Bailey's arrest in June 2022 at his home in Peterborough.

On December 3, 2022, Jodi Pollard, 41, of Earls Close, Peterborough, was at The Whittle Way pub in Central Square, Cardea, where she attempted to engage a group of men watching boxing in conversation. When they showed no interest, she threw a glass at the victim, striking him across the bridge of his nose and leaving him with a gash beneath his eye. The victim required stitches and treatment for several facial wounds at Peterborough City Hospital.

Darwood Khan was driving a Volkswagen Golf in Searjeant Street, Peterborough, on August 22, 2022, when he ignored a police signal to stop. He sped off, narrowly avoided collisions with other vehicles, drove at excessive speed, ignored a give way sign, and collided with a Peugeot 307 at a junction. The collision forced the Peugeot onto the pavement and through a front garden, hitting a woman in her 60s who was walking along the street, causing her multiple fractures to her right leg. Khan and another man fled the scene but were pursued and arrested.

Asadul Karim was driving a silver Mercedes at approximately 100mph while almost three times over the legal alcohol limit, disqualified from driving, and without insurance. He lost control at the Spittals Interchange roundabout near Huntingdon on July 12, 2021, and collided with a Honda Civic that was waiting at a red light, resulting in the instant death of the driver, the victim from Warboys.

Michael Newsome, trading as Cambridgeshire Rubber Recycling Ltd, operated a tyre treatment and disposal facility without an environmental permit at 61 Dickens Street, Peterborough (on or before 3 November 2015), storing excess tyres without fire breaks in a residential area, abandoning 87 tonnes (9,050 tyres) costing £8,121 to clear, and damaging a lockaway door. He then operated without permit or exemption at Lazy Acre Farm, Whittlesey (1 December 2015 to 31 December 2016), abandoning 117 tonnes (14,040 tyres) near a high-risk railway site.