Truro Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Explore 263 verdicts at Truro Magistrates' Court (Truro). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

Aaron Stephens

Breach of supervision requirements

December 5, 2025

Sentence: 10 days imprisonment

Failed to attend drug tests which were supervision requirements on his release from prison.

Sent back to prison for failing to attend drug tests which were supervision requirements on his release from prison.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Benjamin Kinver

Drug driving

December 5, 2025

Sentence: 12 months driving ban

Driving in Liskeard on 15 July with 23 micrograms of cocaine per litre of blood exceeding the limit of ten and 800 micrograms of BZE exceeding the limit of 50.

Bryonie Stephens

Drink driving

December 5, 2025

Sentence: 20 months driving ban

Driving on Terras An Dowr on 9 November with 75 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath exceeding the limit of 35.

Pleaded guilty. Fined £120, ordered to pay a £48 surcharge and £85 costs. Ban reduced by 20 weeks if she completes a course.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

David Knight

Theft

December 5, 2025

Sentence: £120 fine

Stealing meat worth £35 from Asda Express at Drakewalls on 8 August and meat and cheese on 27 July.

Kalli Hewings Pollard

Theft

December 5, 2025

Sentence: Community order with 80 hours unpaid work

Stealing an air fryer worth £69.99 from Farmfoods in St Austell on 28 January and over £99 worth of groceries from the Co-op on Par Green on 16 February and £58 worth of groceries from the Co-op on Par Green on 11 April.

Liam Scrivener

Assault

December 5, 2025

Sentence: £200 fine

Assaulting a nurse at Treliske Hospital on 3 October.

Luke Gill

Stalking

December 5, 2025

Sentence: Community order with 200 hours unpaid work

Stalking a woman between October 2024 and July 2025 when he sent her unwanted texts, phone calls, emails and social media messages.

Pleaded guilty. Made subject to a restraining order not to contact his victim, go to an address in Falmouth or post information about her online until 20 November 2027. Has to pay a £114 surcharge and £85 costs.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Mario Fontes

Drug driving

December 5, 2025

Sentence: 12 months driving ban

Driving on Carland Cross roundabout on 30 April with 408 micrograms of BZE per litre of blood exceeding the limit of 50.

Paul Turner

Drug driving

December 5, 2025

Sentence: 8 week prison sentence suspended for 12 months

Driving on Berries Avenue, Bude on 2 May with 80 micrograms of Ketamine per litre of blood exceeding the limit of 20 and 3.5 micrograms of cannabis per litre of blood exceeding the limit of two and driving on Pengover Road, Liskeard on 5 August with 9.8 micrograms of cannabis per litre of blood exceeding the limit of two.

Samantha Rosevear

Environmental offence

December 5, 2025

Sentence: £240 fine

Between 9 and 12 March 2024 at Warren Court, Stenalees failing to take all measures available to her to secure that a transfer of her household waste was to a person for authorised transport purposes and, on 30 July 2024, she failed to assist council officers with their investigation.

Pleaded guilty. Has to pay £126.24 compensation, a £96 surcharge and £250 costs.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Travis Wood

Drug driving

December 5, 2025

Sentence: 12 months driving ban

Driving in Saltash on 3 June with six micrograms of cannabis per litre of blood exceeding the limit of two.

Valentina Dorobantu

Drug driving

November 28, 2025

Sentence: 12 months driving ban

Driving in Polzeath on 4 July with 5.9 micrograms of cannabis per litre of blood exceeding the limit of two and possessing 12.3g of cannabis.

Steve Hendry

Drug driving

November 28, 2025

Sentence: 30 months driving ban

Driving on the A38 at Landrake on 12 April with 2.4 micrograms of cannabis per litre of blood exceeding the limit of two, 124 micrograms of BZE per litre of blood exceeding the limit of 50 and using the car without insurance and, on 21 July, driving on Wesley Place, St Austell with 800 micrograms of BZE per litre of blood.

Wesley Van Der Westhuizen

Possessing offensive weapon

November 28, 2025

Sentence: 6 months imprisonment

Possessing a butterfly knife in a private place at an address in Hilgrove Road and possessing a hunting knife in a public place at Bedowan Meadows, Tretherras, Newquay on 23 June.

Pleaded guilty. Magistrates ordered the weapons including a bow be destroyed. Noted as his second offensive weapon offence.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Mark Gath

Drink driving

November 28, 2025

Sentence: 15 months driving ban

Driving from the Sunday School to Trevelmond on 20 July with 120 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood exceeding the limit of 80.

Louise Gilburt

Criminal damage

November 28, 2025

Sentence: Conditional discharge for 12 months

Damaging a BMW with intent causing £577 worth of damage to it at Kingsley Village Shopping Park in September 2024.

Morgan Weir

Driving without due care and attention

November 28, 2025

Sentence: £120 fine

Driving without due care and attention, failing to stop for a police officer and driving without a licence or insurance on Kinsman Estate, Bodmin on 28 October.

Pleaded guilty. Ordered to pay £400 compensation, £144 surcharge and £85 costs. Nine points on licence. Denied driving whilst unfit through drink, charge dismissed.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Ixchelle Rogers

Drug driving

November 28, 2025

Sentence: 18 months driving ban

Driving on the A390 Southbourne Road, St Austell on 23 June with 24 micrograms of cocaine per litre of blood exceeding the limit of ten.

Jeremy Tucker

Drug driving

November 28, 2025

Sentence: 12 months driving ban

Driving on New Road, Saltash with 8.2 micrograms of cannabis per litre of blood exceeding the limit of two.

Roger Duque

Criminal Damage

November 13, 2025

Sentence: 4 months imprisonment

Roger Duque, 39, of St Thomas Close, caused over £4,000 worth of damage to two cars parked in residential areas. On September 6, 2025, he used a metal tool to scratch several panels including the bonnet, door, and roof of one vehicle. On October 31, 2025, he punctured a tyre and scratched the driver’s side door of another vehicle. The incidents occurred in the early hours of the morning.

Pleaded guilty to two counts of criminal damage. Sentence reduced from 6 months for early plea.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Ronald Charles

Speeding

November 7, 2025

Sentence: 6 months driving ban, £207 fine, £83 surcharge, £90 costs

Ronald Charles, 64, of Ranelagh Road, St Austell, sped on Tregolls Road, Truro in September 2024.

Royden Christopher

Speeding

November 7, 2025

Sentence: 6 months driving ban, £92 fine, £38 surcharge, £90 costs

Royden Christopher, 62, of Trevenna Cross, St Mawgan, sped in a large goods vehicle on the A30 at Truro in July 2024.

Louise Miller

Assault

November 7, 2025

Sentence: £346 fine, £49 compensation, £138 surcharge, £85 costs

Louise Miller, 28, of Hawkins Road, Newquay, assaulted a woman on Tresawls Road, Truro on 16 March.

Louise Dunstan

Speeding

November 7, 2025

Sentence: 6 months driving ban, £80 fine, £90 costs

Louise Dunstan, 30, of Goverseth Terrace, Foxhole, sped on the A30 at Tregullon Dip on 10 November 2024 and on the A30 at Cooksland, Bodmin on 3 December 2024.

William Woon

Threatening behaviour

November 7, 2025

Sentence: 28-week custodial period with 12 weeks in prison

William Woon, 50, of St Dominics Close, Bodmin, used threatening behaviour towards a man at Bodmin on 31 July 2024, while on a suspended sentence of 19 weeks for having a knife in Church Lane, Camborne in March 2024 and smashing a window of a property in Furze Hill, Bodmin in July 2024. Also failed to stop his vehicle for police at Tollgate Road, Bodmin on 8 October and drove without a licence and insurance.

Found guilty in absence of using threatening behaviour. Offence committed while on suspended sentence. Pleaded guilty to failing to stop vehicle, driving without licence and insurance. Six points on driving licence.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Jeremy Brewer

Speeding and no insurance

November 7, 2025

Sentence: 12 months points disqualification, £200 fine, £80 surcharge, £90 costs

Jeremy Brewer, 60, of Trenant Road, Tywardreath, sped on the A30 at Shallowater on 12 April 2024, sped through Longdowns Village on 20 May 2024 and used a vehicle without insurance or an MOT on Polmear Road, St Austell in December 2023.

Janice Sutton

Speeding

November 7, 2025

Sentence: 6 months driving ban, £123 fine, £49 surcharge, £90 costs

Janice Sutton, 63, of Pedna Carna, Higher Fraddon, sped on the A3058 at Trewoon in October 2024.

Deborah Davis-Briggs

Driving with excess alcohol

November 7, 2025

Sentence: 30 months driving ban (reducible by 30 weeks with course), £784 fine, £314 surcharge, £85 costs

Deborah Davis-Briggs, 57, of Lower Lux Street, Liskeard, drove on Sidmouth Road, Honiton on 30 May with 129 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath exceeding the limit of 35.

Eoghan Fowley

Failing to provide information

November 7, 2025

Sentence: 12 months driving ban, £360 fine, £144 surcharge, £90 costs

Eoghan Fowley, 44, of Clarence Road, St Austell, failed to tell police who was driving a Ford Ranger alleged to have been guilty of an offence.

Anya Curtis

Assaulting a police officer

November 7, 2025

Sentence: £100 compensation

Anya Curtis, 35, of NFA, Par, assaulted a police officer at Par on 23 October.

Abhilash Pathilett

Drink driving

October 31, 2025

Sentence: 20-month driving ban (reducible by 20 weeks with course), £300 fine, £120 surcharge, £85 costs

Abhilash Pathilett drove on Castle An Dinas on 7 September with 77 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath exceeding the limit of 35.

Andrew Greenwood

Outraging public decency

October 31, 2025

Sentence: Community order with alcohol treatment, £44.90 compensation, £114 surcharge, £85 costs, £40 fine

Andrew Greenwood outraged public decency by exposing his genitals and urinating in the public seating areas on a train and damaged a coat and a bag at St Davids railway station in Exeter on 29 April.

Finley Rodwell

Altering vehicle registration

October 31, 2025

Sentence: £120 fine, £96 surcharge, £85 costs

Finley Rodwell failed to stop for police and altered the registration mark of a vehicle from P448 HRB to R488 HRB on 30 March.

Pleaded guilty to failing to stop for police and altering the registration mark of a vehicle.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Jeremy Batten

Drink driving

October 31, 2025

Sentence: 18-month driving ban (reducible by 18 weeks with course), £576 fine, £230 surcharge, £85 costs

Jeremy Batten drove on the A30 at Lifton on 5 October with 61 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath exceeding the limit of 35.

Jason Squires

Breach of suspended sentence

October 31, 2025

Sentence: 12 weeks imprisonment

Jason Squires breached a suspended sentence of 12 weeks in prison, suspended for 12 months, by failing to attend appointments and unpaid work. The original conviction was for driving over the legal limit of cocaine in Bugle in January.

Admitted breaching a suspended sentence by failing to attend appointments and unpaid work. Original suspended sentence given in January for driving over the legal limit of cocaine in Bugle.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

John Cain

Drug driving

October 31, 2025

Sentence: 36-month driving ban, £120 fine, £48 surcharge, £85 costs

John Cain drove on the M5 at Burnham-on-Sea with 754 micrograms of BZE per litre of blood exceeding the limit of 50 and drove without insurance.

Emily Buckingham

Drug driving

October 31, 2025

Sentence: 12-month driving ban, £629 fine, £252 surcharge, £85 costs

Emily Buckingham drove on Henver Road, Newquay on 27 June with 9.8 micrograms of cannabis per litre of blood exceeding the limit of two.

Joshua Firth

Drug driving

October 31, 2025

Sentence: 12-month driving ban, £220 fine, £88 surcharge, £85 costs

Joshua Firth drove on Edgcumbe Avenue, Newquay on 6 June with 32 micrograms of cocaine per litre of blood exceeding the limit of ten.

Kerry Pearce

Assault

October 31, 2025

Sentence: 18-month conditional discharge

Kerry Pearce assaulted a police sergeant at Newquay on 21 July.

Zackary Wills

Driving without due care and attention

October 31, 2025

Sentence: £80 fine, 5 penalty points

Zackary Wills drove a motorbike without due care and attention on the A3059 at Trekenning on 6 September.

Nicholas Theobald

Possession of indecent images of children

October 31, 2025

Sentence: Community order with 200 hours unpaid work, £114 surcharge, £85 costs

Nicholas Theobald made one category B image and four Category C indecent/pseudo-photographs of a child between April and June 2024.

Pleaded guilty to making one category B image and four Category C indecent/pseudo-photographs of a child. iPhone confiscated, required to register with police for five years, subject to sexual harm prevention order limiting internet use.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Noah Stevens

Drink driving

October 31, 2025

Sentence: 15-month driving ban (reducible by 15 weeks with course), £550 fine, £222 surcharge, £135 costs

Noah Stevens drove on Par Moor Road, Par on 12 March with 53 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath exceeding the limit of 35.

Robert Cina

Sexual risk order

October 31, 2025

Sentence: Two-year sexual risk order, register with police for 2 years

Robert Cina was made subject to a sexual risk order due to risk of sexual harm.

Robert Patterson

Driving without due care and attention

October 31, 2025

Sentence: £276 fine, £110 surcharge, £250 costs, 4 penalty points

Robert Patterson drove without due care and attention on Truro Road, St Austell on 6 December.

Changed plea to guilty on charge of driving without due care and attention. Charge of failing to comply with a traffic signal dismissed.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Saidahmed-Hamid Ghalem

Trespassing and criminal damage

October 28, 2025

Sentence: £1,000 compensation and restraining order until October 2026

On October 18, 2025, 28-year-old Saidahmed-Hamid Ghalem, an asylum seeker from Victoria Dock Road in London, was found squatting in Zach Crompton's holiday home in St Ives, Cornwall, where he had been for about four days. He was discovered cooking in the kitchen and admitted to being homeless. After confrontation, he left the property on Skidden Hill, causing damage to the front window and a rug. On October 21, Crompton spotted Ghalem attempting to re-enter, with additional damage to six window panes. Ghalem was arrested and charged.

Pleaded guilty to trespassing and criminal damage. Has 11 previous convictions for 21 offences between June 2024 and July 2025.

Sources: cornwalllive.com

Robin Stacey

Speeding

October 24, 2025

Sentence: 6 months driving ban

Robin Stacey, 61, of Springfield Road, Newquay has been banned from driving for six months under the totting procedure after he pleaded guilty to speeding on the A393 in Redruth.

Banned from driving for six months under the totting procedure after he pleaded guilty to speeding on the A393 in Redruth. Fined £166 and ordered to pay a £66 surcharge and £90 costs.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Philip Glass

Using handheld phone while driving

October 24, 2025

Sentence: 6 months driving ban

Philip Glass, 59, of Bodmin Road, Trethowel, St Austell has been fined £615 after he pleaded guilty to using a handheld phone while driving a Citroen on the A390 at Tresillian in March. He was also banned from driving for six months and fined £307 for speeding in a Ford Transit on the A30 at Ebsworthy on 21 May and fined £1000 for failing to tell police who was driving a Seat Tarraco in Trethowel on 19 March.

Fined £615 after he pleaded guilty to using a handheld phone while driving a Citroen on the A390 at Tresillian in March. Six points were put on his licence. Also banned from driving for six months and fined £307 for speeding in a Ford Transit on the A30 at Ebsworthy on 21 May and fined £1000 for failing to tell police who was driving a Seat Tarraco in Trethowel on 19 March.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Michael Richards

Breach of suspended sentence

October 24, 2025

Sentence: 36 weeks imprisonment

Michael Richards, 48, of Treningle View, Bodmin has been sent to prison for 36 weeks after he breached a suspended sentence made for possessing cheese knives at Fore Street, Bodmin on 13 December. He also pleaded guilty to breaching a criminal behaviour order at St Austell on 11 October when he acted in a manner which caused others to fear for their safety.

Sent to prison for 36 weeks after breaching a suspended sentence made for possessing cheese knives at Fore Street, Bodmin on 13 December. Also pleaded guilty to breaching a criminal behaviour order at St Austell on 11 October when he acted in a manner which caused others to fear for their safety. Sent to prison because he was on a suspended sentence and has a community order with two conditional discharges and has a prolific record of offending. Has to pay £85 costs.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Medhi Raza

Drug driving

October 24, 2025

Sentence: 14 months driving ban

Medhi Raza, 48, of East Street, Newquay pleaded guilty to driving in Kidderminster in July with 200 micrograms of BZE per litre of blood exceeding the limit of 50 and 11 micrograms of cocaine exceeding the limit of ten.

Pleaded guilty to driving in Kidderminster in July with 200 micrograms of BZE per litre of blood exceeding the limit of 50 and 11 micrograms of cocaine exceeding the limit of ten. Fined £120 and ordered to pay a £96 surcharge and £85 costs.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Mark Thompson

Failure to provide information

October 24, 2025

Sentence: 6 months driving ban

Mark Thompson, 47, of Fore Street, Saltash had the case proved he failed to tell police who was driving a Ford Fiesta who was alleged to have been speeding in Totnes in August 2023.

The case was proved he failed to tell police who was driving a Ford Fiesta who was alleged to have been speeding in Totnes in August 2023. Fined £72 and ordered to pay £90 costs.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

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