York Magistrates' Court Sentencing Results

Explore 66 verdicts at York Magistrates' Court (York). Updated with the latest court outcomes.

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Chelsea Carten

Causing serious injury by careless driving *

Sentence

6 months imprisonment suspended for 1 year

On Good Friday (7 April 2023), Chelsea Carten was driving a Subaru Impreza near Easingwold when it collided with a Ford Fiesta at the junction of Alne Road with Youlton Lane. A female passenger in the Fiesta sustained multiple serious life-changing injuries, her husband (the driver) suffered a broken wrist, and a child passenger in the Impreza sustained a serious head injury requiring hospital treatment. Emergency services including ambulances, air ambulance, fire crews and police attended the scene.

Pleaded guilty to causing serious injury while driving without due care and attention. Also disqualified from driving for 18 months, ordered to carry out 150 hours unpaid work, pay a victim surcharge of £154 and £85 court costs.

1 Jan 0001

Brian Barker

Drink driving *

Sentence

40 months driving ban, fined and costs totalling £816

Brian Barker drove a Toyota Avensis on Hambleton Drive in Thirsk on September 9, 2020, with 45 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, exceeding the legal limit of 35 micrograms. He also drove without insurance.

Pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol and driving without insurance.

1 Jan 0001

Edward Silmon-Monerri

Harassment *

Sentence

18 weeks imprisonment

Edward Silmon-Monerri, 37, of Moor View Road, Northallerton, harassed a woman by sending her a number of unwanted emails between 25 October and 18 December 2019. He was found guilty after a trial at an earlier hearing and sentenced at York Magistrates' Court.

Pleaded not guilty. Found guilty after trial. Issued with a restraining order preventing contact with the victim. Ordered to pay a £122 victim surcharge.

1 Jan 0001

Elizabeth Law

Failing to give a breath test *

Sentence

12 weeks imprisonment suspended for 18 months

Elizabeth Law failed to give a breath test without good reason at Harrogate Police Station on December 13, 2022, after being suspected of drink driving. She pleaded guilty to the offence.

Pleaded guilty. Also banned from driving for three years, fined £239, and ordered to undergo treatment for alcohol dependency and rehabilitation appointments up to 24 days.

1 Jan 0001

Francesca Pepper

Drug driving *

Sentence

18 months driving ban and £253 fine and costs

Francesca Pepper was stopped while driving a VW Polo in the Meadows area of Northallerton on 22 September 2022. Drug tests revealed she had cocaine and MDMA (ecstasy) in her system. She was charged with two counts of drug driving and admitted both offences.

Pleaded guilty to two counts of drug driving.

1 Jan 0001

Tyler Greaves

Sexual assault *

Sentence

2 year community order

Tyler Greaves, 20, of Peterhill Court, Clifton, York, was convicted of sexual assault against a woman following a trial at York Magistrates' Court. He had denied the charges but was found guilty. He also admitted failing to attend his scheduled trial. The court imposed a two-year community order with 200 hours of unpaid work and 40 days of rehabilitative activities. He must register as a sex offender for five years and a five-year restraining order prevents contact with the victim. He was ordered to pay £500 prosecution costs and a £114 statutory surcharge.

Convicted after trial despite denying charges. Also admitted failing to attend trial. Ordered to register as a sex offender for 5 years and a 5-year restraining order imposed. Costs £500 and surcharge £114.

1 Jan 0001

Thomas Mark Boyne

Assault *

Sentence

200 hours of unpaid work over the next 12 months

Thomas Mark Boyne, 28, of Topcliffe Road, Sowerby, Thirsk, admitted three assault charges and one of affray following an incident at the Red Bear pub in Thirsk on July 28, 2019, where he attacked two women and a man. He was ordered to do 200 hours of unpaid work over the next 12 months and pay £375 in compensation, costs and a victim surcharge.

Admitted three assault charges and one of affray. Also ordered to pay £375 in compensation, costs and a victim surcharge.

1 Jan 0001

Riona Farrar

Assault *

Sentence

Community order with 130 hours unpaid work and 30 days rehabilitation

Riona Farrar assaulted a named man in Bedale Market Place on 18 June. She then assaulted a police officer at Harrogate Police Station. She pleaded guilty to both charges.

Pleaded guilty to both charges. Also ordered to pay £199 costs and fines.

1 Jan 0001

Wayne Thomas Johnson

Assault *

Sentence

5 months imprisonment

Wayne Thomas Johnson assaulted a woman twice in Thirsk on November 18, 2019. He was drunk at the time of the offences. He pleaded guilty at York Magistrates' Court.

Pleaded guilty to two counts of assault. Offences occurred while he was drunk. Ordered to pay £100 costs and a £122 victim surcharge.

1 Jan 0001

Oliver Carroll

Indecent Exposure *

Sentence

Two-year community order including 200 hours unpaid work

Oliver Carroll, 29, of Heather Bank, Osbaldwick, was convicted of exposing himself in public in Abbotsway, York. He denied the offence but was found guilty following a trial at York Magistrates' Court. The incident occurred in a public area. He was sentenced to a two-year community order with a 26-day rehabilitative programme, 20 days of rehabilitative activities, and 200 hours unpaid work. He was also made subject to a sexual harm prevention order for five years and required to register as a sex offender.

Pleaded not guilty but found guilty after trial. Required to register as a sex offender and given a five-year sexual harm prevention order. Ordered to pay £650 costs and £114 surcharge.

1 Jan 0001

Oliver Hartley

Drink driving *

Sentence

20 months driving disqualification

On August 1, 2021, Oliver Hartley, from Meanwood, Leeds, took his mother’s car without permission, was not insured to drive it, and drove with alcohol level well above the legal limit, leading to a head-on collision on the A6055 between Catterick and Leeming Bar.

Pleaded guilty to drink driving, driving without insurance and without the car owner’s permission.

1 Jan 0001

Michael Brown

Assault and possession of a knife *

Sentence

152 days imprisonment and fined £154

Michael Brown, 29, of Long Road, pleaded guilty to possessing a folding pocket knife with a blade over three inches, assaulting a woman, and threatening her with violence, all occurring at The Dock, Robin Hood's Bay on 26 August 2022. He also admitted failing to surrender to custody after being released on bail. It was his second knife offence. The court imposed a restraining order preventing contact with the victim for five years.

Pleaded guilty to all three charges. It was his second knife offence. A five-year restraining order was issued.

1 Jan 0001

Racster Dingwall

Conspiracy to kill a Hen Harrier *

Sentence

Fined £800 (£400 for each of two offences) plus £320 surcharge and £400 costs (total £1,520)

Gamekeeper Racster Dingwall pleaded guilty to two charges, including conspiracy to kill a Hen Harrier on a grouse moor on the Conistone & Grassington Estate in the Yorkshire Dales National Park on 2nd October 2024.

Pleaded guilty. Described as England's first ever Hen Harrier persecution case. Judge made remarks. Statements in court claimed he lost his job, livelihood and reputation with no prospect of working as a gamekeeper again.

1 Jan 0001

Paul Toman

Assault causing actual bodily harm *

Sentence

20 weeks imprisonment suspended for 12 months

Paul Toman attacked another man in the Nags Head pub in Northallerton High Street on August 22, 2021. He denied assault causing actual bodily harm but was found guilty.

Found guilty after trial. Also ordered to pay £400 compensation and a four-month curfew between 8pm and 7am, monitored by electronic tag.

1 Jan 0001

Simone Ward

Drug driving *

Sentence

12-month motoring ban, £120 fine, £85 costs, £34 surcharge

Simone Ward, 36, of Scholla View, Northallerton, was stopped in Mount Road in August last year driving a BMW. A drug-drive test revealed she was more than four times the specified limit for Benzoylecgonine, a cocaine derivative. She admitted the drug driving offence and was sentenced at York Magistrates' Court.

Admitted the offence. Prosecution withdrew separate cocaine limit allegation.

1 Jan 0001

Stephen Paul Turton

Assault *

Sentence

60 hours of unpaid work

Stephen Paul Turton, of The Bridge, Bedale, admitted assaulting a woman at the Black Swan pub in Bedale on December 8, 2019. He was ordered to carry out 60 hours of unpaid work and pay £175 in costs and a victim surcharge.

Admitted assaulting a woman. Also ordered to pay costs and a victim surcharge totalling £175.

1 Jan 0001

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About York Magistrates' Court

York Magistrates' Court, located in York, is a Magistrates' Court that deals with summary offences, some either-way offences, and preliminary hearings for more serious cases. With 66 sentencing records in our database, it serves the York 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.

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