Staines Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Tina Smith, 59, of no fixed address, has a history of anti-social behaviour in Spelthorne, including setting fires to bins and damaging cars and shop windows, leading to a two-year Criminal Behaviour Order in April 2025. On November 15, 2025, she attended a pub in Ashford and threatened to set fire to the building. A member of the public called 999, and she was found nearby with three lighters. She was arrested for breaching the CBO, threats to destroy or damage property, and two public order offences.

Harrison Sullivan was driving a purple McLaren supercar at more than 71mph on the single-carriageway A30 in Virginia Water, which has a 40mph speed limit, when it crashed into another vehicle in March 2024. Witnesses reported him travelling at least 100mph or more. He failed to attend court in November 2024, went on the run, posting social media videos from Qatar, Dubai, Thailand, and Spain, and was arrested in October 2025 in Spain on unrelated matters before being extradited to the UK.

Qais Al-Aswad, a 26-year-old asylum seeker from Syria living at a Horley hotel, sexually assaulted three women by grabbing them as he cycled past in Horley in May and June 2025. He fled Syria in 2018 after his home was bombed and arrived in the UK from Turkey in 2024. In court, he claimed unfamiliarity with UK laws on physical contact and suggested faulty bicycle brakes, asserting he touched the women to avoid crashing. Victims reported feeling shocked, upset, angry, and disgusted; one could no longer walk with headphones on. Following his conviction on August 20, 2025, around 200 anti-immigration protesters gathered outside his hotel.

Todd Hamilton-Forbes, 43, of Horley, engaged in controlling and coercive behaviour towards a woman over approximately eight months. His actions included tracking her location, forcing her to disclose her whereabouts at all times, and making excessive phone calls, including 107 calls over a five-day period. On August 7, 2025, he entered her address with a knife, violating a previous expired restraining order. He was arrested that day and again on August 9, 2025, when found outside her address.

Thomas Waller, from Farnham, who was 17 at the time, committed offences against two three-year-old children over two weeks in August 2024 while working as a newly qualified nursery worker. Concerns were raised by parents after one victim reported a serious assault, leading to police involvement. Indecent images of a second victim were found on his mobile phone.

Alistair Trotman was convicted of failing to obey a Stop Notice by permitting prohibited activities to continue on the land between 6 June 2017 and 6 January 2018. The case involved environmental regulations, and he was prosecuted by the Environment Agency.