Truro Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

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

Wayne Eells

Outraging public decency

March 28, 2025

Sentence: £846 fine

Wayne Eells outraged public decency in Bodmin in July 2024 by masturbating in public.

Pleaded guilty to outraging public decency; ordered to pay a £338 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Christopher Maybank

Breaching restraining order

March 21, 2025

Sentence: 10 months imprisonment

Christopher Maybank, 38, of Cosgarne, Truro Road, St Austell, breached a restraining order made by Truro magistrates on 28 January by calling a woman and attempting to add her on Facebook between 28 and 31 January, leading to his sentencing.

Breached a restraining order by calling a woman and attempting to add her on Facebook.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Christopher Connaughton

Drink driving

March 14, 2025

Sentence: 18 months driving ban

Christopher Connaughton drove on Kestle Mill in November with 94 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood, exceeding the limit of 80.

Charles Wye

Failing to stop after a road accident

March 14, 2025

Sentence: £120 fine

Charles Wye failed to stop after hitting a stone wall at West Pentire Road, Crantock on 27 October and drove without due care and attention.

Pleaded guilty to failing to stop after a road accident and driving without due care and attention. Seven points were added to his licence.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Charlie Hughes

Driving whilst disqualified

March 14, 2025

Sentence: 6 months driving ban

Charlie Hughes drove whilst disqualified on Dennison Road, Bodmin last September.

Pleaded guilty to driving whilst disqualified. Fined £916 and ordered to pay a £366 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Ashley Beynon

Drug driving

March 14, 2025

Sentence: 3 years driving ban

Ashley Beynon drove on the A30 at Victoria last June with 12 micrograms of MDMA and 2.5 micrograms of cannabis per litre of blood, exceeding the limits.

Pleaded guilty to driving over the drug drive limit. Ordered to have mental health treatment, do 150 hours unpaid work, and pay a £114 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Donald Benney

Being drunk in a public place

March 14, 2025

Sentence: £120 fine

Donald Benney was drunk in Dundance Lane, Pool on 16 December.

Gary Baker

Driving without due care and attention

March 14, 2025

Sentence: £80 fine

Gary Baker drove without due care and attention on Callington Road, Saltash on 17 March.

Pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention. Six points were added to his licence, and he was spared a ban due to his medical condition.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Debbie Miners

Criminal damage

March 14, 2025

Sentence: £51 compensation

Debbie Miners damaged a cell at Camborne custody centre in April 2024.

Paula Turner

Driving whilst unfit through drink

March 14, 2025

Sentence: 1 year driving ban

Paula Turner drove at St Mewan on 16 February whilst unfit through drink.

Pleaded guilty to driving whilst unfit through drink. The ban will be reduced by three months if she completes a course. Fined £120 and ordered to pay a £48 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Stuart Wheeler

Speeding

March 14, 2025

Sentence: £153 fine

Stuart Wheeler sped on the A38 in Plymouth in May 2023.

Pleaded guilty to speeding. Spared a disqualification due to exceptional hardship.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Steven Baker

Driving without a licence

March 14, 2025

Sentence: 6 months driving ban

Steven Baker used a vehicle on Old Ferry Road, Saltash in January 2024 without a driving licence, MOT, or insurance.

Pleaded guilty to having no driving licence, MOT, or insurance. Fined £120 and ordered to pay a £48 victim surcharge and £85 costs due to repeat offending.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Benjamin Edward Rowse

Illegal fishing offences

March 5, 2025

Sentence: £1,053 fine, £1,000 costs, and £421 surcharge

Benjamin Edward Rowse, as relief master of the vessel Emma Louise, was involved in multiple fishing offences, including the removal of undersized edible crabs and spider crabs from the Cornwall IFCA district, fishing for berried lobsters with eggs attached, mutilating lobsters by forcible egg removal, and failing to accurately record quantities of species in the logbook and landing declaration. Investigations took place in Newlyn harbour in April 2024 and January 2025, with evidence showing short-sighted actions that risked sustainable shellfish stocks.

Entered guilty pleas to all charges. Previously prosecuted in 2023 for similar offences.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Charles Bisby

Speeding

February 28, 2025

Sentence: £677 fine, three-month driving ban

Charles Bisby sped through St Ann’s Chapel and on Tregolls Road, Truro in October 2023.

Convicted due to repeat offending; sentence reduced as he had already served two and a half months due to court error.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Deborah Mason

Assault

February 28, 2025

Sentence: £200 fine

Deborah Mason assaulted a police officer in Newquay in August 2023.

Pleaded guilty to the offence. Ordered to pay £100 compensation, an £80 victim surcharge, and £85 costs.

Sources: voicenewspapers.co.uk

Helen Palmer

Driving without insurance

February 28, 2025

Sentence: £180 fine

Helen Palmer drove a car without insurance in Bude in February 2023.

Convicted in court; spared a driving disqualification due to exceptional hardship, including impacts on her mental health, addiction recovery, medical appointments, volunteer work, and family contact.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Helen Palmer (Moore)

Driving without insurance

February 28, 2025

Sentence: Fined £180

Helen Palmer (Moore) drove a car without insurance in Bude in February 2023.

Convicted in court. Also ordered to pay a £72 victim surcharge and £90 costs. Spared a driving disqualification due to exceptional hardship.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Helen Palmer Moore

Driving without insurance

February 28, 2025

Sentence: £180 fine

In February 2023, Helen Palmer Moore drove a car in Bude without insurance.

Convicted in court and spared a totting disqualification due to exceptional hardship, including impacts on her mental health, addiction recovery, medical appointments, volunteer work, and family contact.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Robert Mckeating

Speeding

February 28, 2025

Sentence: £80 fine, five points on licence

Robert McKeating sped through St Ann’s Chapel in June.

Pleaded guilty; spared a driving disqualification as it would lead to job and home loss.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Steven Channon

Assault

February 28, 2025

Sentence: Community order with 80 hours of unpaid work and alcohol abstinence until 17 June

Steven Channon assaulted a man in St Austell on 26 January.

Sarah-Jane Pridham

Speeding

February 28, 2025

Sentence: £166 fine, four points on licence

Sarah-Jane Pridham sped through Drakewalls in July 2023.

Pleaded guilty; spared a driving disqualification due to adverse effects on the person she cares for.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Yasmin Leverton

Using a handheld phone while driving and driving without insurance

February 28, 2025

Sentence: £660 fine, six-month driving ban

Yasmin Leverton was using a handheld phone while driving a VW without insurance on the A30 at Launceston in September 2023.

Farran Kent

Assault occasioning actual bodily harm

February 21, 2025

Sentence: 24-week suspended prison sentence, 150 hours unpaid work, £1000 compensation, £154 victim surcharge, and £85 costs

Farran Kent assaulted a man at Tregear Gardens, Truro in June, occasioning actual bodily harm.

Ian Clarke

Assault on police officers

August 15, 2024

Sentence: Community order

Pleaded guilty to assaulting two police officers and obstructing police at Bugle on 29 March.

Must pay each officer £75 compensation, £120 fine, £114 surcharge and £85 costs.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Ricky Sutton

Criminal damage

August 15, 2024

Sentence: £40 fine

Pleaded guilty to damaging a phone at Camborne Police Station on 7 March.

Rebecca Martin

Drink driving

August 15, 2024

Sentence: 12 months driving ban

Pleaded guilty to driving on the A390 in St Austell with 9.8 micrograms of alcohol per litre of blood exceeding the limit of two on 3 April.

Michael Burton

Possession of an offensive weapon

August 15, 2024

Sentence: £200 fine

Convicted of possessing a knuckle duster on Wilton Way, Exeter in August 2023. Charged with four offences of theft from the Co-op in Launceston and one from Spar in Dutson Road, Launceston.

Made subject to a three-year Criminal Behaviour Order prohibiting remaining in any commercial premises after being asked to leave by staff and entering the Co-op in Broad Street and Spar in Dutson Road, Launceston. Ordered to pay £80 surcharge.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Matthew Penfound

Criminal damage

August 15, 2024

Sentence: £80 fine

Pleaded guilty to damaging the rear window of a vehicle belonging to a woman at Bude on 15 January.

Matthew Clark

Breach of restraining order

August 15, 2024

Sentence: 6 months imprisonment

Pleaded guilty to breaching a restraining order by, between 2 and 16 July, at Killigarth Holiday Park, Polperro attending an address and contacting a woman prohibited by an order made last October.

On release, subject to new restraining order until 14 October 2027 prohibiting contact with a woman or attending Looe, Polperro or Killigarth Manor Caravan Park. Sentenced due to flagrant disregard for court orders, prior convictions for identical offences and no remorse.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Nedas Murauskas

Drug driving

August 15, 2024

Sentence: 12 months driving ban

Pleaded guilty to riding a motorcycle on Penwithick Road, St Austell on 9 April with six micrograms of cannabis per litre of blood exceeding the limit of two.

Kieron Jones

Possession of a bladed article

August 15, 2024

Sentence: Community order with mental health treatment

Pleaded guilty to possessing a 15cm chef knife at Pool Street, Bodmin on 10 June.

Liam Carhart

Drug driving

August 15, 2024

Sentence: 17 months driving ban

Pleaded guilty to driving on Elliot Road, St Austell in March 2023 with 3.6 micrograms of cannabis per litre of blood exceeding the limit of two.

Lorraine Reddiclife

Drink driving

August 15, 2024

Sentence: 20 months driving ban

Pleaded guilty to driving on Stucley Road, Bude on 25 June with 76 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath exceeding the limit of 35.

Ban reduced by 20 weeks if course completed. Fined £120, ordered to pay £48 surcharge and £85 costs.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk

Louis Rogers

Drink driving

August 15, 2024

Sentence: 22 months driving ban

Pleaded guilty to driving in Albaston on 31 May with 87 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath exceeding the limit of 35 and to driving without a licence or insurance.

Ban reduced by 22 weeks if course completed. Fined £177, ordered to pay £71 surcharge and £85 costs.

Sources: cornish-times.co.uk