Scales of Justice: The latest cases from Oxford Magistrates’ Court
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WAYNE GREGORY, 36, of Station Road, Didcot, pleaded guilty to two counts of drug driving in Wantage on September 5 last year in a Ford Transit. He was disqualified from driving for 12 months and was fined £500. There were court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £200.
IAN GREENWOOD, 37, of Court Farm Road, Oxford, pleaded guilty to one count of theft from a shop on January 1 this year in Oxford. He stole £14.90 worth of food from Greggs. He was fined £75. There were no other orders for costs.
KIAN HODGSON, 22, of Ashburton Avenue, Prenton, Wirral, pleaded guilty to one count of criminal damage on October 8 last year. He damaged a bracelet, a photo, a vase and a red Honda motor car all to the value of £2,340 belonging to a woman in Banbury. He was ordered to pay £2,340 in compensation. The compensation was imposed as a ‘penalty in its own right’. There were court costs of £85.
FRANCESCA ALLEN, 48, of Banbury Road, Summertown, Oxford, pleaded guilty to threatening a person with a knife in a private place on March 25 last year in such a way that there was immediate risk of serious physical harm to that person. He also pleaded guilty to one count of causing harassment, alarm or distress using threatening, abusive of insulting words or behaviour towards a police constable and the offence was racially aggravated on the same day, as well as one count of assault by beating on the same day. He was given a community order to complete up to nine months of drug rehabilitation activity and up to 15 days of rehabilitation activity. A forfeiture and destruction order was made for the knife. There were court costs of £100.
DEBORAH FLETCHER, 55, of Saxton Road, Abingdon, pleaded guilty to one count of assault by beating of a man on May 23, 2023. She was given a period of conditional discharge for 12 months. The prosecution requested a restraining order by the magistrates’ bench determined that it was not ‘necessary or proportionate’ to order one. There were court costs of £325 and a victim surcharge of £26.
