Romford Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Explore 18 verdicts at Romford Magistrates' Court (Romford, Romford). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

November 2025 1 case

Jessica Holdsworth

Blue badge misuse *

Sentence

Fined £307 plus £123 victim surcharge

On 15 January 2025, Jessica Holdsworth used her late grandmother's blue badge to park outside Templars Square in Cowley. The council's fraud team investigated following an on-street enforcement exercise and interviewed her under caution.

Admitted illegally using a blue badge belonging to her deceased grandmother. Council awarded costs of £911.

28 Nov 2025

October 2025 1 case

Taha Ali Said

Food safety offences *

Sentence

Fined £833

On 10 April 2025, West Yorkshire Trading Standards officers conducted a routine food standards inspection at SAN FOODS and discovered 10 food items past their use-by date, some by more than 150 days. The expired items included three packs of Kransno Debrecinske Parky (9 days out of date), one pack of Farm Food Chicken Jumbo Sausage (12 days out of date), two packs of Finest Quality Chicken and Chorizo Bites (13 days out of date each), one pack of Finest Quality Hot & Spicy Meatballs (34 days out of date), one pack of Finest Quality Garlic Sausage (14 days out of date), and two packs of Gazdovske Syrove Nite (20 days out of date each).

Ordered to pay £1,898.88 in prosecution costs and a £333 victim surcharge. Pleaded guilty to six offences under the Food Safety and Hygiene (England) Regulations 2013. Failed to respond to interview under caution but submitted a written Food Safety Policy and evidence of staff training in September 2025 as mitigation.

17 Oct 2025

July 2025 1 case

Scott Gambier

Theft *

Sentence

5 weeks imprisonment

Scott Gambier was detained at The Brewery shopping centre in Romford on 15 May 2025 suspected of shoplifting cosmetic items. Further enquiries revealed he had stolen items from a local pharmacy to the value of £167.70. He was arrested for theft and subsequently charged.

Pleaded guilty. A previous suspended sentence for other matters was also extended to 15 months.

9 Jul 2025

May 2025 1 case

Mohammed Tariq

Animal cruelty *

Sentence

Community order with 15 Rehabilitation Activity Requirement days and 200 hours unpaid work; disqualified from keeping exotic birds for 10 years

Mohammed Tariq advertised and sold an endangered 23-year-old African Grey Parrot named Casper as a 'super tame 10-year-old' for £1,245 on March 25, 2025. The bird suffered severe injuries including feather loss, shaking, inability to move or eat, beak deformity, malnutrition, skeletal deformity, and untreatable chronic progressive disease, leading to euthanasia on April 3, 2025. A second endangered Congo Grey Parrot found at his home was in a too-small cage, unable to extend wings, with wing hip abrasion, open/healing wounds, broken/missing feathers, and inadequate food, water, and enrichment, causing unnecessary suffering. Tariq lacked required permits and licences despite 2019 ruling that his home was unsuitable; he continued trading exotic birds commercially.

Pleaded guilty to two charges under the Animal Welfare Act 2006 relating to failure to ensure welfare of two parrots. Ordered to fully compensate buyer. No previous convictions. In receipt of Universal Credit, carer for parents and children, in debt. RSPCA costs of £4,767.60 from central funds.

8 May 2025

August 2024 2 cases

Michael Bairstow

Racially aggravated assault *

Sentence

8 weeks imprisonment

On August 2023 in Manor Heath Park, Halifax, Michael Bairstow, 77, and his wife became aggressive towards healthcare worker Apple Moorhouse after their dog barked at her children. During the prolonged confrontation, he told Ms Moorhouse to 'go back to your dinghy' with swimming gestures, asked if she came from a 'rubber boat', repeatedly said 'Ban the immigrants', told his dog to 'get her, kill', threw a dog bowl full of water at her, and punched a woman who intervened in the face saying 'Sticking up for immigrants, who do you think you are?'

Pleaded guilty to racially aggravated assault and common assault. Ordered to pay £175 compensation to Ms Moorhouse and £100 to the intervening woman. Judge commented on the deeply rooted attitude and expressed being sickened by the behaviour.

1 Aug 2024

Fyona Bairstow

Racially aggravated assault *

Sentence

8 weeks imprisonment

On August 2023 in Manor Heath Park, Halifax, Fyona Bairstow, 72, and her husband became aggressive towards healthcare worker Apple Moorhouse after their dog barked at her children. During the prolonged confrontation, Fyona pulled Ms Moorhouse's ponytail when she tried to walk away, made a reference to slavery, mocked her father's speech saying 'You can’t even speak English', and participated in racial abuse.

Pleaded guilty to racially aggravated assault. Ordered to pay £175 compensation to Ms Moorhouse. Judge commented on the deeply rooted attitude and expressed being sickened by the behaviour.

1 Aug 2024

May 2024 1 case

Ronald Montecolombo

Speeding *

Sentence

Fined £40

Ronald Montecolombo was driving a Vauxhall along Essex Road in Islington on January 2, 2024, exceeding the 20 miles per hour limit.

Admitted speeding; no order for costs was made.

1 May 2024

March 2021 1 case

Dean Parkinson

Operating a security company without a valid licence *

Sentence

4 months imprisonment, suspended for 2 years

Dean Parkinson provided illegal security services without a valid licence for a Christmas and birthday party for 400 under 18-year-olds on 20 December 2019 in Somerton. He deployed four unlicensed door supervisors. The party caused a disturbance, leading Avon and Somerset Police to attend. Parkinson failed to show a valid licence for himself or his workers and refused to provide details to SIA investigators.

Pleaded guilty. Magistrates ruled behaviour was deliberate and dishonest, putting vulnerable young people at risk. Would have imposed immediate prison but accepted mitigation as carer for 6 children.

17 Mar 2021

December 2015 1 case

Robert Blasse

Breach of noise abatement notices *

Sentence

Fined £120 for each of two offences, £174 costs, and £1,204.74 council costs

Robert Blasse played loud music, including Michael Jackson songs, at his home in Anglian House, Renwick Road, Barking, on two occasions in May and July 2015, breaching notices issued by Barking and Dagenham Council following neighbour complaints about excessive noise. Officers visited his home and heard the loud music, leading to the seizure of his music equipment.

Pleaded guilty to breaching two notices issued by Barking and Dagenham Council after neighbours complained about excessive noise. Music equipment seized due to repeated breaches.

23 Dec 2015

October 2015 1 case

Riasat Ali

Unlawful eviction and harassment *

Sentence

Fined £180 for unlawful eviction and £300 for harassment

Between April and June 2014, Riasat Ali and some family members carried out a campaign of sustained harassment against his tenant, including repeatedly demanding the tenant leave and making threatening phone calls and text messages. On June 5, 2014, Ali unlawfully evicted the tenant by changing the lock to the front door, making him homeless.

Denied both charges but found guilty by magistrates. Ordered to pay £1,000 in costs to Oxford City Council. Council expressed desire for stiffer penalty.

14 Oct 2015

Date Not Specified 8 cases

Morrison Da Silva

Exposure and criminal damage *

Sentence

10 months imprisonment

Morrison Da Silva, 30, of Middleton Road in Banbury, was sentenced at Oxford Magistrates' Court after pleading guilty to two counts of exposure and one count of criminal damage. The exposure incidents took place in Banbury on 16 October and 25 October 2024, while the criminal damage occurred on 23 September 2024. Da Silva deliberately exposed his genitals to members of the public in public areas of Banbury, causing alarm and distress to witnesses. The acts were described as brazen and without provocation, with prosecutors noting the potential for significant psychological harm. The criminal damage involved wilful destruction of property in the same locality. The court deemed the repeated nature of the exposure warranted a custodial sentence. He was sentenced to 10 months' imprisonment and ordered to register as a sex offender for 10 years.

Pleaded guilty to two counts of exposure and one count of criminal damage. Required to register as a sex offender for 10 years.

1 Jan 0001

Wilfred Mosira

Breach of sex offender notification requirements and common assault *

Sentence

4 weeks imprisonment

Wilfred Mosira, a convicted sex offender from Oxford, was released from HMP Bullingdon on 23 June 2023. He failed to notify police of his new address within three calendar days, mistakenly believing the requirement was within three working days. On 27 June 2023, police were called to a Co-op store in Abingdon after Mosira argued with a staff member when his bank card was declined and pushed the assistant. He was arrested and held in custody. He pleaded guilty to breaching sex offender notification requirements and common assault.

Pleaded guilty to breaching sex offender notification requirements and common assault. Had a prior conviction for the same notification offence earlier in 2023. Ordered to pay £50 compensation.

1 Jan 0001

Daniel Jarvis

Sexual assault *

Sentence

Community order with six months alcohol rehabilitation, 80 hours unpaid work, and £500 compensation

Daniel Jarvis, aged 51 of Cowells Road, Woodstock, pleaded guilty to sexual assault on a female in Witney, Oxfordshire, on April 19, 2024. The offence occurred in a public setting. Jarvis admitted the charge at Oxford Magistrates' Court. He received a community order with six months of alcohol rehabilitation treatment, 80 hours of unpaid work to be completed within 12 months, and was ordered to pay £500 compensation to the victim. Due to the sexual nature of the offence, he must register at Banbury Police Station as a sex offender for five years.

Pleaded guilty. Required to register as a sex offender for five years.

1 Jan 0001

Kameron Decena

Threatening to disclose private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress *

Sentence

Community order with 5 days rehabilitation activity requirement and 80 hours unpaid work

Kameron Decena from Carterton threatened to disclose private sexual photographs and films of a woman from Witney with intent to cause distress. The offence occurred on 4 April. He was found guilty after a trial at Oxford Magistrates' Court on 22 April 2024, having initially pleaded not guilty on 7 December 2023. The threats caused significant distress to the victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons.

Pleaded not guilty on 7 December 2023, found guilty after trial on 22 April 2024. Restraining order also imposed.

1 Jan 0001

Lewis Brown

Breach of Coronavirus Act *

Sentence

Fined £100 and ordered to pay £119 victim surcharge and costs

Lewis Brown, 18, was arrested by Thames Valley Police after visiting his vulnerable mother to give her money. Charged with offences under paragraph 67 of the Coronavirus Act, which only relates to potentially infectious people in Wales. Appeared at court two days after arrest.

Pleaded guilty. Wrongly charged under paragraph 67 of the Coronavirus Act which applies only to Wales. Case to be withdrawn by Crown Prosecution Service.

1 Jan 0001

Graham Crutch

Drink-driving *

Sentence

17 weeks imprisonment

Graham Crutch was stopped by police on 27 March while riding his motorcycle on Laughton Hill, Stonesfield, after officers received tips that he was riding under the influence. A breath test revealed 111ug of alcohol per 100ml of breath, almost three times the legal limit. He was arrested and later charged with driving while disqualified, riding without insurance, and drink-driving. He pleaded guilty at Oxford Magistrates' Court and was sentenced to 17 weeks in prison and disqualified from driving for five years.

Pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified, riding without insurance, and drink-driving. Breath test reading 111ug/100ml, nearly three times the legal limit. Banned from driving for five years.

1 Jan 0001

Ian Pilcher

Making (downloading) indecent images of children *

Sentence

18-month community sentence with 100 hours unpaid work and 30-day rehabilitation requirement

Ian Pilcher, 63, of Apley Way, Witney, Oxfordshire, downloaded more than 5,000 indecent images of children, with a preference for Category C images of young girls, viewing them to cheer himself up during a difficult period. Police seized electronic devices from his home and he assisted in identifying material.

Pleaded guilty. District Judge Kamlesh Rana noted his previous good character but took into account the number of images and that viewing condoned exploitation of children. Defence cited personal difficulties including son's attempted suicide, sister-in-law's suicide, and long work hours. Sexual harm prevention order imposed.

1 Jan 0001

Imre Lakatos

Breach of noise abatement notice *

Sentence

Fined £1,500, ordered to pay £1,480 council costs and £600 court surcharge

Imre Lakatos repeatedly played bass-heavy music from his home in Napier Street, Bradford, prompting dozens of complaints since 2023. Despite a noise abatement notice issued earlier in the year and equipment previously seized by Environmental Health officers, further complaints were received in February and early March. Officers heard loud music from the property in May 2025 when visiting; Lakatos claimed he was testing equipment before selling it.

Did not attend the hearing. Previously fined in January for similar offence. Warned of £150 fine per day if noise continued.

1 Jan 0001

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About Romford Magistrates' Court

Romford Magistrates' Court, located in Romford, Romford, is a Magistrates' Court that deals with summary offences, some either-way offences, and preliminary hearings for more serious cases. With 18 sentencing records in our database, it serves the Romford, Romford 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 Main Rd, Romford RM1 3BH, RM1 3BH.

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