Plymouth Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Explore 185 verdicts at Plymouth Magistrates' Court (Plymouth). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

Leo Perry

Possession of Class B drugs

April 14, 2025

Sentence: Conditional discharge for 6 months

Leo Perry, aged 18, possessed Class B cannabis in Market Way.

Mark Adam Humphries

Speeding

April 14, 2025

Sentence: Fined £100

Mark Adam Humphries, aged 34, drove on Old Laira Road in excess of the 20mph limit.

Drove in excess of 20mph limit. Victim surcharge £40. Court costs £200. Driving record endorsed with three points.

Sources: plymouthherald.co.uk

Mark Bickell

Driving without insurance

April 14, 2025

Sentence: Fined £369

Mark Bickell, aged 38, drove on South Devon Highway in Kingskerswell without suitable insurance.

Drove without suitable insurance. Mitigating circumstances noted. Court costs £90. Victim surcharge £148. Driving record endorsed with six penalty points.

Sources: plymouthherald.co.uk

Mark Fahy

Assault

April 14, 2025

Sentence: Jailed for eight weeks, suspended for 12 months

Mark Fahy sent messages of a menacing character via a public communication network, sent messages that were grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene, or menacing character on two counts, and assaulted a named woman by beating.

Rehabilitation activity up to 15 days. Unpaid work 80 hours. Committed assault and sent menacing messages.

Sources: plymouthherald.co.uk

Nicholas Davies

Harassment

April 14, 2025

Sentence: Fined £100

Nicholas Davies, aged 41, harassed a named man by sending multiple unwanted emails.

Harassment without violence. Court costs £85. Victim surcharge £40. Restraining order until 4/3/2030.

Sources: plymouthherald.co.uk

Barry Horne

Using a handheld mobile phone while driving

April 14, 2025

Sentence: Fined £100

Barry Horne, aged 39, drove on Queen Street in Exeter while using a handheld mobile phone.

Drove while using a handheld mobile phone. Court costs £85. Victim surcharge £40. Driving record endorsed with six penalty points.

Sources: plymouthherald.co.uk

Alfie Middleton Smith

Possession of drugs

April 14, 2025

Sentence: Conditional discharge for 18 months

Alfie Middleton Smith, aged 18, possessed 5.03g of Class B drug cannabis and 6.64g of Class A drug cocaine.

Adele Robinson

Shoplifting

April 14, 2025

Sentence: Fined £100

Adele Robinson, aged 24, stole food from a Co-op store and two bottles of vodka from a Tesco Express on two separate occasions.

Agata Piasecka

Speeding

April 14, 2025

Sentence: Fined £450 and disqualified from driving for 6 months

Agata Piasecka, aged 45, drove on the A38 at Saltash Tunnel in excess of the 30mph limit.

Drove in excess of 30mph limit. Court costs £85. Victim surcharge £180. Driving record endorsed with three points.

Sources: plymouthherald.co.uk

Chrishanthi Rajapakse

Driving without due care and attention

April 14, 2025

Sentence: Fined £100

Chrishanthi Rajapakse, aged 59, drove on Hyde Park Road without due care and attention.

Drove without due care and attention. Court costs £100. Victim surcharge £40. Driving record endorsed with six penalty points.

Sources: plymouthherald.co.uk

Christopher Mark Douglas

Multiple driving offences including no insurance

April 14, 2025

Sentence: Fined £660 and disqualified from driving for 12 months

Christopher Mark Douglas, aged 48, drove on the M5 without suitable insurance, with registration marks that failed to comply with regulations, without a suitable licence, and without a test certificate for the vehicle.

Drove without suitable insurance, with improper registration marks, without a suitable licence, and without a test certificate. Victim surcharge £264. Court costs £90. Driving record endorsed with eight penalty points.

Sources: plymouthherald.co.uk

Charlie Marks

Threatening behaviour

April 14, 2025

Sentence: Conditional discharge for 6 months

Charlie Marks, aged 26, engaged in threatening behaviour on Regent Street towards a named man.

Desmond Hendy

Theft

April 14, 2025

Sentence: Jailed for four weeks

Desmond Hendy stole sunglasses and a lanyard from a vehicle in St Barnabas Terrace, a wallet from a vehicle in Windsor Place, and two parcels from a property in North Road West.

Compensation £115 to each victim of theft. Committed multiple thefts from vehicles and properties.

Sources: plymouthherald.co.uk

Dillon Gilgunn

Shoplifting

April 14, 2025

Sentence: Jailed for eight weeks

Dillon Gilgunn stole ice cream and confectionary worth £37.41 from a Spar store on Poole Park Road, three cases of chocolate worth £111 from the same store, ice cream and confectionary worth £12.50 from the store, ice cream and confectionary worth £19.68 from the store, and ice cream and confectionary worth £26.67 from the store.

Victim surcharge £154. Committed multiple thefts of ice cream and confectionary.

Sources: plymouthherald.co.uk

Elvin Arado

Drink driving

April 14, 2025

Sentence: Fined £415 and disqualified from driving for 20 months

Elvin Arado, aged 27, drove a Hyundai on Tavistock Road with 84mg of alcohol in 100ml of breath.

Deborah Amara

Speeding

April 14, 2025

Sentence: Fined £100 and disqualified from driving for 6 months

Deborah Amara, aged 51, drove on the A386 Alma Road in excess of the 30mph limit.

Drove in excess of 30mph limit. Court costs £90. Victim surcharge £40. Driving record endorsed with three penalty points.

Sources: plymouthherald.co.uk

Daniel Robertson

Assault

April 14, 2025

Sentence: Jailed for 30 weeks

Daniel Robertson assaulted a man by beating in Torquay, caused criminal damage to a vehicle belonging to a named woman in Torquay, caused criminal damage to another vehicle belonging to another woman in Torquay, and assaulted an emergency worker, namely a police officer, in Torquay. He also assaulted another named man by beating in Torquay.

Compensation £50 each to man and woman assaulted, £200 to police officer. Committed multiple assaults and criminal damage.

Sources: plymouthherald.co.uk

Daniel Cunningham

Flytipping

April 14, 2025

Sentence: Jailed for two months

Daniel Cunningham knowingly caused controlled waste, including carpets, gas cylinders, children's toys, black bags, three-piece suites, bed bases, mattresses, lino, kitchen crockery, garden shredder, bags of waste, builders rubble, wooden items, roofing felt, broken pieces of material visually similar to asbestos, rubble, wood, window frames, kitchen sink, bucket, and bags of waste, to be deposited from a vehicle on the rear lane behind Milehouse Road, a car park off Embankment Lane, behind Milehouse Road, and on Adelaide Lane.

Court costs £1,000. Knowingly caused controlled waste to be deposited in several locations without an environmental permit and transported waste without being a registered carrier.

Sources: plymouthherald.co.uk

Darren Roper

Shoplifting

April 14, 2025

Sentence: Jailed for six weeks

Darren Roper stole goods worth £27.65 from Greggs in Royal Parade and engaged in threatening behaviour towards a named man. He also failed to surrender at court as required.

Compensation £75. Failed to answer court bail and committed theft and threatening behaviour.

Sources: plymouthherald.co.uk

Darren Tribble

Failing to provide driver information

April 14, 2025

Sentence: Fined £200

Darren Tribble, aged 58, failed to give information relating to the identification of a driver alleged to be guilty of an offence on two occasions.

Failed to give information relating to identification of driver for two counts. Mitigating circumstances. Victim surcharge £40. Court costs £160. Driving record endorsed with six points.

Sources: plymouthherald.co.uk

Daniel Ardis

Possession of Class A drugs

April 14, 2025

Sentence: Conditional discharge for 12 months

Daniel Ardis, aged 37, possessed 0.22g of Class A drug heroin and 1.24g of Class A drug cocaine at Western Approach.

Conner Fenn

Possession of an offensive weapon

April 14, 2025

Sentence: Community order

Conner Fenn, aged 24, possessed an offensive weapon, a baseball bat, on Trematon Terrace.

Possession of offensive weapon. Court costs £85. Victim surcharge £114. Rehabilitation activity up to 10 days.

Sources: plymouthherald.co.uk

Peter Mansfield

Speeding and failing to provide driver information

April 14, 2025

Sentence: Fined £110 and disqualified from driving due to points

Peter Mansfield, aged 80, drove a Renault Modus on Old Laira Road in excess of the 20mph limit on two occasions and failed to give information relating to the identification of a driver alleged to be guilty of an offence.

Drove in excess of 20mph limit on Old Laira Road on two occasions and failed to give information relating to identification of driver. Victim surcharge £40. Court costs £90. Driving record endorsed with three points, leading to disqualification.

Sources: plymouthherald.co.uk

Sajmir Elezaj

Assault of an emergency worker

April 14, 2025

Sentence: Jailed for six weeks, suspended for 18 months

Sajmir Elezaj committed common assault on an emergency worker, namely a police officer, failed to provide a specimen of breath for analysis during an investigation, and used threatening, abusive, or insulting words or behaviour.

Rehabilitation activity up to 25 days. Alcohol abstinence and monitoring for 80 days. Disqualified from driving for 48 months. Compensation £150.

Sources: plymouthherald.co.uk

Robert John Charles Bailey

Failing to provide driver information and driving without insurance

April 14, 2025

Sentence: Fined £160 and disqualified from driving for 6 months

Robert John Charles Bailey, aged 62, failed to give information relating to the identification of a driver alleged to have been guilty of an offence and drove on the A38 without suitable insurance.

Failed to give information relating to identification of driver and drove without suitable insurance. Victim surcharge £64. Court costs £50. Driving record endorsed with 12 penalty points.

Sources: plymouthherald.co.uk

Trafford Smith

Drug driving

April 14, 2025

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.

Sources: plymouthherald.co.uk

Stephen Lomax

Criminal damage

April 14, 2025

Sentence: Compensation £150

Stephen Lomax caused criminal damage to a window at the Skiving Scholar, with the damage valued at £150.

Simon Kennelly

Fly-tipping

April 14, 2025

Sentence: Conditional discharge for 6 months

Simon Kennelly, aged 36, deposited controlled waste, namely a sofa, at George Place.

Siobhan Tannou

Harassment

April 14, 2025

Sentence: Fined £120

Siobhan Tannou, aged 35, engaged in racially aggravated harassment at Union Street.

Sonny Clarke

Burglary

April 14, 2025

Sentence: Fined £80

Sonny Clarke, aged 38, burgled Tamar House student accommodation in Old Town Street and stole three parcels.

Burglary. Court costs £85. Victim surcharge £114. Community order with rehabilitation activity up to 25 days.

Sources: plymouthherald.co.uk

Samantha Wilkinson

Drug driving

April 14, 2025

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.

Sources: plymouthherald.co.uk

Sara Reading

Speeding

April 14, 2025

Sentence: Fined £145 and disqualified from driving for 6 months

Sara Reading, aged 36, drove on Looseleigh Lane in excess of the 30mph limit.

Drove in excess of 30mph limit. Court costs £85. Victim surcharge £58. Driving record endorsed with three penalty points.

Sources: plymouthherald.co.uk

Shaun Palin

Assault

April 14, 2025

Sentence: Fined £120

Shaun Palin, aged 48, assaulted a named man by beating at Plymouth rail station.

Robin Rimmer

Theft

January 29, 2024

Sentence: Ordered to pay £500 compensation and £85 court costs

Stole sheets of postage stamps worth £500 from Dauwalder's collectables shop on Fisherton Street on July 20, 2024.

Georgina Mary Thompson

Fraud by position and theft

October 8, 2023

Sentence: 12 months imprisonment suspended for 2 years, £3,600 compensation, rehabilitation activity requirement

Georgina Mary Thompson, 40, of Treetop Close in Saltash, started working for a Plymouth-based charity in November 2021 as office co-ordinator on a temporary contract, becoming permanent in January 2022. She was responsible for HR, ordering supplies, data input, and booking activities. Provided with a laptop, phone, and office keys, she carried out at least 30 fraudulent transactions by claiming reimbursements for fake bookings, swindling £7,877.87. She resigned in November 2023; an accounts review revealed the fraud. She failed to respond to a disciplinary letter and initially did not return items, later admitting she sold the laptop for money. Upon arrest, she apologised, expressing embarrassment.

Pleaded guilty to fraud by position and theft. Admitted actions due to financial struggles as a single mum.

Sources: news.devon-cornwall.police.uk

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