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Plymouth Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Explore 104 verdicts at Plymouth Magistrates' Court (Plymouth). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

Plymouth Magistrates' Court
April 2025 2 cases
Trafford Smith
14 Apr 2025
Drug driving *
Sentence
Community order and disqualified from driving for 17 months

Trafford Smith, aged 28, drove a Skoda Octavia on Devonport Hill with Benzoylecgonine in his blood exceeding the specified limit.

Drove with Benzoylecgonine in blood exceeding the specified limit. Community order includes unpaid work for 53 hours. Court costs £85. Victim surcharge £114.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Samantha Wilkinson
14 Apr 2025
Drug driving *
Sentence
Community order and disqualified from driving for 36 months

Samantha Wilkinson, aged 44, drove a Hyundai Kona on Western Approach with quantities of Benzoylecgonine (cocaine breakdown product) and Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in her blood exceeding the specified limits.

Drove with excess Benzoylecgonine and Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol in blood. Community order includes rehabilitation activity up to 15 days and unpaid work for 160 hours. Court costs £85.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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March 2025 4 cases
Neil Finn
8 Mar 2025
Shoplifting *
Sentence
Community order with curfew for 42 days on electronic tag

Theft of torch worth £31.99 from Trespass store, New George Street. Theft of torch worth £60 from Cotswold Outdoor, Old Town Street.

Theft from stores. Compensation £31.99 and £60.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Connor Morris
8 Mar 2025
Theft *
Sentence
Community order with rehabilitation activity up to 8 days and 60 hours unpaid work

Attempt burglary of Spar in North Hill. Attempt theft of two bottles of wine from Spar store in North Hill. Burglary of tobacco, alcohol, mobile phone and vapes worth £568.33 from Londis store. Theft of lager worth £9.99 from Spar store, North Hill.

Multiple theft and burglary attempts. Compensation £250.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Martin Wallace
8 Mar 2025
Drink driving *
Sentence
Community order with 200 hours unpaid work and disqualified from driving for 30 months

Drove Audi TT on Morshead Road with 123mg of alcohol in 100ml of breath.

Drove with 123mg of alcohol in 100ml of breath. Court costs £85. Victim surcharge £114.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Francis Taylor
8 Mar 2025
Possession of cannabis *
Sentence
Community order with 180 hours unpaid work

Possession of 59.07g of cannabis. Production of cannabis - four adult and 10 small plants.

Possession and production of cannabis. Court costs £85. Victim surcharge £114.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Sentencing date not recorded 44 cases

We could not confirm the sentencing date for these from the source report, so none is shown. Everything else about them was checked as usual.

Gabriel Puiu
Speeding *
Sentence
Fined £307

Drove a Toyota Corolla on Mannamead Road in Plymouth in excess of a 30mph speed limit.

Three penalty points; no disqualification due to mitigating circumstances; court costs £120; victim surcharge £123.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Gemma Jarvis
Driving while disqualified and failing to provide a specimen *
Sentence
Community order and fined £120; disqualified from driving for 54 months

Failed to provide a specimen of breath for analysis without reasonable excuse and drove a Peugeot 308 on Herbert Street, Devonport while disqualified from driving.

Court costs £85.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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George Boyes
Speeding *
Sentence
Fined £464 and disqualified from driving for six months

Drove a Volvo on the A38 at Plympton at 119mph, above the speed limit.

Court costs £120; victim surcharge £186.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Gurmukh Chahal
Driving while disqualified and drink-driving *
Sentence
8 weeks imprisonment suspended for 12 months; 100 hours unpaid work; disqualified from driving for 46 months

Drove while disqualified, without suitable third-party insurance, and with 87mg of alcohol in 100ml of breath on Evelyn Place, Plymouth.

Third conviction for driving while disqualified in a 12-month period; ordered to comply with alcohol abstinence and monitoring for 40 days; court costs £85.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Henry Southgate
Speeding *
Sentence
Fined £123 and £123; disqualified from driving for six months

Drove a Peugeot Boxer on Victoria Road, Plymouth above a 30mph speed limit on two occasions.

Six penalty points; court costs £180.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Holly Pallant
Speeding *
Sentence
Fined £416 and disqualified from driving for six months

Drove a Suzuki Vitara on Old Laira Road, Plymouth above a 20mph speed limit.

Three penalty points; court costs £120; victim surcharge £166.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Jamie Edgar
Criminal damage *
Sentence
Compensation £150

Caused criminal damage to the window of a Honda Jazz, with damage valued at £150.

Compensation order made for the damage caused.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Jason Tulloch
Making indecent images of children *
Sentence
8 months imprisonment suspended for 12 months

Made 250 Category A, 61 Category B and 135 Category C indecent images of children.

Placed on the sex offender register for 10 years; subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for 10 years.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Jeremy Lobb
Exposure *
Sentence
Jailed for 12 weeks, victim surcharge £154

Jeremy Lobb exposed his genitals on Mutley Plain with the intent to cause distress.

Convicted for exposing his genitals.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Jade Turner
Assault on emergency worker *
Sentence
Rehabilitation activity up to 15 days, compensation £100, fined £80

Jade Turner assaulted a police constable in Plymouth by beating.

Convicted for assault by beating a police constable.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Jak Burgess
Drug-driving *
Sentence
Fined £333 and £500; disqualified from driving for 36 months

Drove a BMW 116D Sport on Outland Road, Plymouth while using a handheld phone and with cocaine in his blood above the specified limit.

Court costs £85.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Miko Horrell
Failing to give information relating to driver identification *
Sentence
Fined £660 and disqualified from driving for six months

Failed to give information relating to the identification of the driver of a Nissan Note who was alleged to have been guilty of an offence.

Six penalty points; court costs £120; victim surcharge £264.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Leigh West
Assault on emergency workers *
Sentence
Community order with electronic tag until January 21, 2026, rehabilitation activity up to 20 days, compensation £100 to each worker

Leigh West assaulted two hospital workers at Langdon Hospital in Dawlish.

Convicted for assaulting two emergency workers.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Lewis Seaman
Drug-driving *
Sentence
Fined £233 and disqualified from driving for 36 months

Drove a Ford Focus on Outland Road, Plymouth with cocaine in his blood above the specified limit.

No court costs listed.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Krishna Adhikari
Driving under the influence *
Sentence
Court costs £85, victim surcharge £114, community order with 110 hours of unpaid work, disqualified from driving for 40 months

Krishna Adhikari drove a Ford Focus on Mannamead Road with 111 mg of alcohol in 100 ml of breath.

Convicted for driving with excess alcohol.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Justin Allen
Speeding *
Sentence
Fined £153 and disqualified from driving for six months

Drove a Honda Civic on Victoria Road, Plymouth in excess of a 30mph speed limit.

Three penalty points; court costs £120; victim surcharge £61.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Keith Benning
Speeding *
Sentence
Fined £161 and £161

Drove a MAN truck on the A38 at Landrake above a 30mph speed limit on two occasions.

Six penalty points; court costs £180; mitigating circumstances.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Damian Tucker
Speeding *
Sentence
Fined £192, £192 and £384

Drove a Toyota Corolla on Victoria Road, Plymouth in excess of a 30mph speed limit on three occasions.

Twelve penalty points; victim surcharge £307.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Connor Burt
Drug-driving *
Sentence
Fined £120 and disqualified from driving for 12 months

Drove a Vauxhall GTC on Charlotte Street, Plymouth with Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in his blood above the specified limit.

Court costs £85; victim surcharge £48.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Claire Chant
Speeding *
Sentence
Fined £92 for four of the offences

Drove a Vauxhall Vivaro above 30mph speed limits on the A394 Longdowns Village, Penryn, on the A39 Tregolls Road, Truro, and on Victoria Road, Plymouth.

Three penalty points for all five offences; court costs £360; no disqualification due to mitigating circumstances.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Darren Daniels
Speeding *
Sentence
Fined £240, £160, £480 and £160; disqualified from driving for six months

Drove a Ford Transit above speed limits on the A385 Ashburton Road and on Old Laira Road in Plymouth, and drove a motorvan on the A38 Deep Lane above the class speed limit.

Thirteen penalty points; court costs £300.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Daniel Reed
Assault by beating *
Sentence
Community order with 60 hours unpaid work

Assaulted a man by beating in Plymouth.

Compensation £840; court costs £600; victim surcharge £114.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Deanna Thornton
Shoplifting *
Sentence
Jailed for 18 weeks

Deanna Thornton stole various items from multiple stores, including red wine and Prosecco from Asda Express, ready meals from Co-op, and clothing from River Island, among others, across Plymouth.

Convicted for multiple shoplifting offences.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Ellie O'connor
Breach of a community order *
Sentence
Fined £50 and new community order with Rehabilitation Activity Requirement

Failed to comply with the requirements of a community order by failing to attend an induction appointment and a planned office appointment.

No court costs listed.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Aaron Edwards
Shoplifting *
Sentence
34 weeks imprisonment

Aaron Edwards, 44, of Torquay, appeared before Plymouth Magistrates' Court in December after being charged with 19 counts of shoplifting from a Tesco in Torquay. He was also convicted of possession of cocaine and assault by beating as part of the prolific shoplifting series targeted by the Torquay Neighbourhood Team.

Convicted of 19 counts of shoplifting, possession of cocaine, and assault by beating. Prolific shoplifter investigated by Torquay Neighbourhood Team for offences at Tesco in Torquay.
middevonadvertiser.co.uk
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Adam Wilcott
Offences under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 *
Sentence
12 month prison sentence suspended for 2 years with 100 hours unpaid work

Adam Wilcott managed a waste transfer station at Trevol Business Park, Torpoint, Cornwall, on behalf of Highgate Services Ltd. The site operated under an environmental permit for non-hazardous waste but deteriorated: unsorted waste overflowed, contaminated run-off occurred, waste stored outside permitted areas, and the site flooded. Despite Environment Agency warnings, inspections, and three enforcement notices (two ignored), operations continued illegally until ceasing in November 2018 with waste abandoned on site.

Pleaded guilty to 4 offences under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 including not operating a management system that reduced the risk of pollution and failing to comply with an enforcement notice. Ordered to pay £2,308 costs. Subject to a Criminal Behaviour Order banning involvement in waste business activities for 5 years.
circularonline.co.uk
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Andrew Roocroft
Obstructing a police officer *
Sentence
Fined £80, rehabilitation activity up to 15 days, compensation £200

Andrew Roocroft obstructed a constable in the execution of their duty on George Street.

Convicted for obstructing a constable.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Anthony Mann
Drink-driving *
Sentence
Fined £120 and disqualified from driving for 17 months

Drove a Cupra Born on Ferndale Road, Plymouth without suitable insurance or a suitable licence, and with 63mg of alcohol in 100ml of breath.

Court costs £85.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Ashley Woodman
Theft and threatening behaviour *
Sentence
6 weeks imprisonment suspended for 12 months

Stole skincare products from Boots stores in Plymouth and used threatening behaviour on The Promenade, The Hoe.

Criminal behaviour order for two years; compensation of £59.98, £171 and £100.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Billy Macritchie
Theft *
Sentence
Fined £120

Stole £100 worth of pet-related items, including puppy pads, a pet bed and puppy food, from Pets at Home in Plymouth.

Compensation £100; court costs £85.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Brolin Stevenson-Twontoo
Drink-driving *
Sentence
Fined £120 and disqualified from driving for 17 months

Drove on Duke Street, Plymouth with 71mg of alcohol in 100ml of breath, above the legal limit.

Court costs £85; victim surcharge £48.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Calum Merrin
Grievous bodily harm without intent *
Sentence
2 years imprisonment suspended for 2 years, 300 hours unpaid work, £1,500 compensation

Calum Merrin seriously injured a football fan during an FA Vase match between Elburton Villa and Brixham in Devon on November 9, 2024. The victim required surgery and had six screws inserted. Merrin and a co-defendant pleaded guilty to one count of inflicting grievous bodily harm without intent.

Pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm without intent. A restraining order was also imposed. The FA separately imposed a five-year suspension from all football.
cornwalllive.com
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Charlie Brewster-Woods
Breach of a community order *
Sentence
Fined £40

Failed to comply with the requirements of a community order by failing to attend two planned office appointments.

No court costs listed.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Cheri Sime
Theft *
Sentence
Drug rehabilitation non-residential for six months, rehabilitation activity up to 20 days, compensation £150, fined £40

Cheri Sime stole a Gear Buggy and electric pump from Go Outdoors and found and kept an iPhone worth £1,420 at the Walrus public house.

Convicted for theft and failing to surrender to bail.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Cherise Raymond
Possession of a knife in a public place *
Sentence
Fined £40 and £200

Committed criminal damage to a front door and recycling bin, and possessed a knife in a public place in Plymouth.

Court costs £85; victim surcharge £114.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Cheryl Saunders
Driving without a licence *
Sentence
Fined £40 and disqualified from driving for six months

Drove a Mini Cooper on the M4 without a suitable licence.

Three penalty points; court costs £120; victim surcharge £16.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Christopher Hardcastle
Assault by beating of an emergency worker *
Sentence
6 weeks imprisonment suspended for 12 months; 100 hours unpaid work; fined £200 and £100; disqualified from driving for 17 months

Drove a BMW 218i without insurance and a Citroen Belingo without a licence, failed to surrender to police/court bail, assaulted two emergency workers by pushing them down a flight of stairs, and failed to provide a blood specimen.

Compensation of £200 and £250 to police constables; court costs £85; six penalty points.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Nissi Kwendakwape
Speeding *
Sentence
Fined £40, £40 and £40; disqualified from driving for six months

Drove a Seat Ibiza on the A38 at Haldon Hill above a 70mph limit and on Old Laira Road above a 20mph limit on two occasions.

Nine penalty points; court costs £180.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Reece Thomas
Drink-driving *
Sentence
Fined £120 and disqualified from driving for 17 months

Drove a Suzuki scooter on Embankment Road, Plymouth with 184mg of alcohol in blood, above the legal limit.

Court costs £85; victim surcharge £48.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Richard Hewitt
Criminal damage and possession of cannabis *
Sentence
Conditional discharge for 12 months and fined £40

Caused criminal damage to a cell at Charles Cross police station by smearing human excrement, and possessed class B cannabis.

Compensation £116.57; court costs £85.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Richard Venning
Drink-driving *
Sentence
Fined £646 and disqualified from driving for 15 months

Drove a Ford Transit on Albert Road, Plymouth with alcohol in his breath above the legal limit.

Court costs £85; victim surcharge £258.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Ricky Widger
Drug-driving and breach of disqualification *
Sentence
Fined £40 and disqualified from driving for 20 months

Drove a Peugeot 207 on Alma Road, Plymouth with Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol and benzoylecgonine in his blood above specified limits, and breached a disqualification by being in possession of a dog at Plymouth Hoe.

Court costs £85; victim surcharge £114.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Sarah Howarth
Driving while disqualified *
Sentence
Fined £694 and disqualified from driving for six months

Drove a Renault Megane on Saltash Road, Keyham, Plymouth while disqualified from driving.

Court costs £85; victim surcharge £278.
plymouthherald.co.uk
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Simon Penny
Speeding *
Sentence
Fined £100

Drove a BMW on Outland Road, Plymouth in excess of a 30mph speed limit.

Three penalty points; victim surcharge £40.
plymouthherald.co.uk
Checked against source

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St Andrew St, Plymouth PL1 2DP, Plymouth, PL1 2DP, United Kingdom
+443308084407
Wheelchair accessible parking, Wheelchair accessible entrance
Monday - Friday: 09:00 - 17:00

About Plymouth Magistrates' Court

Plymouth Magistrates' Court, located in Plymouth, is a Magistrates' Court that deals with summary offences, some either-way offences, and preliminary hearings for more serious cases. With 104 sentencing records in our database, it serves the Plymouth 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 St Andrew St, Plymouth PL1 2DP, PL1 2DP.

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