Plymouth court list: 38 men and women face justice

Some of the cases which appeared at Plymouth Magistrates' Court may have raised eyebrows during the week of hearings.

Despite the constant appearances of people who have chosen to go over the 20mph speed limit along Old Laira Road - where the average and static cameras have record for catching more people speeding than anywhere else in the whole of Devon and Cornwall - one person who perhaps should know better than anyone to keep a close eye on their speedometer along that road was an 80-year-old offender.

It transpired that the driver would have been well aware of the 20mph limit - as they actually resided at a property along Old Laira Road.

PlymouthLive have been reporting on the road and the limit since early 2022 as well as the many, many cases where people have been caught driving over the limit.

There's also the case of the shoplifter who clearly has a sweet tooth, having stolen hundreds of pounds worth of ice creams and confectionary and the burglar who targeted packages delivered to students in their accommodation block.

DRIVING OFFENCE

CHRISHANTHI RAJAPAKSE, aged 59 of Camilla Terrace, Plymouth: Drove on Hyde Park Road without due care and attention. Court costs £100. Victim surcharge £40. Fined £100. Driving record endorsed with six penalty points .

JADEN HUSSEY, aged 25 of Millwood Drive, Plymouth: Drove Volkswagen on Novorossiysk Road without suitable insurance. Failed to comply with traffic sign, namely red light. Court costs £620. Victim surcharge £200. Driving record endorsed three penalty points. Fined £500. Driving record endorsed with seven penalty points.

BARRY HORNE, aged 39 of Findon Gardens, Plymouth: Drove on Queen Street, Exeter while using handheld mobile phone. Court costs £85. Victim surcharge £40. Fined £100. Driving record endorsed with six penalty points.

MARK BICKELL, aged 38 of Cornflower Walk, Plymouth: Drove on South Devon Highway, Kingskerswell without suitable insurance. Mitigating circumstances. Court costs £90. Victim surcharge £148. Fined £369. Driving record endorsed with six penalty points.

ROBERT JOHN CHARLES BAILEY, aged 62 of Notre Dame House, Wyndham Street West, Plymouth: Failed to give information relating to identification of driver alleged to have been guilty of an offence. Drove on A38 without suitable insurance. Fined £160. Victim surcharge £64. Court costs £50. Disqualified from driving for six months. Driving record endorsed 12 penalty points.

CHRISTOPHER MARK DOUGLAS, aged 48 of North Road West, Plymouth: Drove on M5 without suitable insurance. Drove on M5 when registration mark on front and rear of vehicle failed to comply with regulations. Drove on M5 without suitable licence. Drove vehicle on M5 with no test certificate for vehicle. Fined £660. Victim surcharge £264. Court costs £90. Disqualified from driving for 12 months. Driving record endorsed eight penalty points.

DARREN TRIBBLE, aged 58 of Home Sweet Home Terrace, Plymouth: Failed to give information relating to identification of driver alleged guilty of an offence - two counts. Mitigating circumstances. Fined £200. Victim surcharge £40. Court costs £160. Driving record endorsed six points.

DRINK/DRUG DRIVE

SAMANTHA WILKINSON, aged 44 of Newcastle Gardens, Plymouth: Drove Hyundai Kona on Western Approach with quantity of Benzoylecgonine (BZE Cocaine breakdown product) in blood in excess of specified limit. Drove Hyundai Kona on Western Approach with quantity of Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in blood in excess of specified limit. Court costs £85. Community order - Rehabilitation activity up to 15 days. Unpaid work 160 hours. Disqualified from driving for 36 months.

ELVIN ARADO, aged 27 of Hamoaze Avenue, Plymouth: Drove Hyundai on Tavistock Road, with 84mg of alcohol in 100ml of breath. Court costs £85. Victim surcharge £166. Disqualified from driving for 20 months. Fined £415.

TRAFFORD SMITH, aged 28 of Pleasure Hill Close, Plymouth: Drove Skoda Octavia on Devonport Hill with Benzoylecgonine (BZE) in blood in excess of specified limit. Court costs £85. Victim surcharge £114. Community order - unpaid work 53 hours. Disqualified from driving for 17 months.

SPEEDING

PETER MANSFIELD, aged 80 of Old Laira Road, Plymouth: Drove Renault Modus on Old Laira Road in excess of 20mph limit on two occasions. Fined £10. Driving record endorsed three points. Failed to give information relating to identification of driver alleged to be guilty of an offence. Fined £100. Victim surcharge £40. Court costs £90. Disqualified from driving for six points.

AGATA PIASECKA, aged 45 of Sourton Square, Plymouth: Drove on A38 at Saltash Tunnel in excess of 30mph limit. Court costs £85. Victim surcharge £180. Disqualified from driving for six months. Driving record endorsed three points. Fined £450.

SARA READING, aged 36 of Langley Crescent, Plymouth: Drove on Looseleigh Lane, in excess of 30mph limit. Court costs £85. Victim surcharge £58. Disqualified from driving for six months. Fined £145. Driving record endorsed three penalty points.

MARK ADAM HUMPHRIES, aged 34 of Devonport Road, Plymouth: Drove on Old Laira Road in excess of 20mph limit. Fined £100. Victim surcharge £40. Court costs £200. Driving record endorsed three points.

DEBORAH AMARA, aged 51 of Carmarthen Road, Plymouth: Drove on A386 Alma Road in excess of 30mph limit. Court costs £90. Victim surcharge £40. Disqualified from driving six months. Driving record endorsed three penalty points. Fined £100.

FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH COURT ORDER

IAN JOHN COTTON, aged 46 of Wilton Street, Plymouth: Failed to comply with community order by failing to attend supervision appointment. Fined £40.

CRIMINAL DAMAGE

STEPHEN LOMAX, aged 30 of Queens Road, Lipson: Criminal damage to window of Skiving Scholar to the value of £150. Compensation £150.

FLYTIPPING

SIMON KENNELLY, aged 36 of George Place, Plymouth: Deposited controlled waste - a sofa - at George Place. Conditional discharge six months. Victim surcharge £26. Court costs £100.

DANIEL CUNNINGHAM, aged 35 of Churchway, St Budeaux. Knowlingly caused controlled waste - namely carpets, gas cylinders, children's toys and black bags filled with waste - to be deposited from a vehicle on rear lane behind Milehouse Road without environmental permit. Transported controlled waste without being a registered carrier of controlled waste. Knowingly caused controlled waste - three piece suite, bed bases, mattresses, lino, kitchen crockery, garden shredder, bags of waste, to be deposited from a vehicle on a car park off Embankment Lane. Knowingly caused controlled waste - large dumpy bag and numerous black bags of waste, builders rubble, wooden items, roofing felt and broken pieces of material visually similar to asbestos, to be deposited from a vehicle behind Milehouse Road. Knowingly caused controlled waste, namely rubble, wood, window frames, kitchen sink, bucket and bags of waste to be deposited from a vehicle on Adelaide Lane. Jailed for two months. Court costs £1,000.

KIRSTY BALL, aged 32 of George Place, Plymouth: Deposited controlled waste - a sofa - at George Place. Fined £200. Victim surcharge £80. Court costs £300.

ASSAULT

DANIEL ROBERTSON, aged 46 of no fixed abode, Plymouth: Assault by beat on man in Torquay. Criminal damage to vehicle in Torquay belonging to named woman. Criminal damage to vehicle belonging to another woman in Torquay. Assault of an emergency worker - namely police officer - in Torquay. Assault by beating of named man in Torquay. Jailed for 30 weeks. Compensation £50 each to man and woman assaulted, £200 to police officer.

SHAUN PALIN, aged 48 of North Down Gardens, Plymouth: Assault by beating of named man at Plymouth rail station. Court costs £85. Victim surcharge £48. Compensation £40. Fined £120.

ASSAULT EMERGENCY WORKER

SAJMIR ELEZAJ, aged 30 of Wilton Street, Plymouth: Common assault of emergency worker - namely police officer. Failed to provide specimen of breath for analysis in course of an investigation. Used threating, abusive, insulting words or behaviour. Court costs £85. Jail for six weeks, suspended for 18 months. Rehabilitation activity up to 25 days. Alcohol abstinence and monitoring for 80 days. Disqualified from driving for 48 months. Compensation £150.

JUSTINE BINGER, aged 35 of Barton Avenue, Plymouth: Common assault on emergency worker - namely police officer - in Barton Avenue. Obstruct officer in execution of their duty. Conditional discharge 12 months. Compensation £100. Court costs £85. Victim surcharge £26.

SHOPLIFTING

DARREN ROPER, aged 46 of Alexandra Road, Mutley: Theft of £27.65 of goods from Greggs in Royal Parade. Threatening behaviour towards named man. Failed to answer court bail - failed to surrender at court. Court costs £85. Victim surcharge £154. Jailed for six weeks. Compensation £75.

ADELE ROBINSON, aged 24 of Kings Road, Plymouth: Theft of food from Co-op store. Theft of two bottles of vodka from Tesco Express. Theft of two bottles of vodka from Tesco Express. Compensation £27.30 & £96. Fined £100.

DILLON GILGUNN, aged 28 of no fixed abode, Plymouth: Theft of £37.41 worth of ice cream and confectionary from Spar store, Poole Park Road. Theft of three cases of chocolate worth £111 from Spar store, Poole Park Road. Theft of £12.50 of ice cream and confectionary from Spar store, Poole Park Road. Theft of £19.68 of ice cream and confectionary from Spar store, Poole Park Road. Theft of £26.67 worth of ice cream and confectionary from Spar store, Poole Park Road. Victim surcharge £154. Jailed for eight weeks.

BURGLARY

SONNY CLARKE, aged 38 of George Place, Plymouth: Burglary of Tamar House student accommodation in Old Town Street - stole three parcels. Court costs £85. Victim surcharge £114. Community order - Rehabilitation activity up to 25 days. Fined £80.

HARASSMENT

SIOBHAN TANNOU, aged 35 of no fixed abode, Plymouth: Racially aggravated harassment at Union Street. Court costs £85. Victim surcharge £48. Fined £120.

NICHOLAS DAVIES, aged 41 of May Terrace, Plymouth: Harassment without violence of named man by sending multiple unwanted emails. Court costs £85. Victim surcharge £40. Fined £100. Restraining order not to contact named man until 4/3/2030.

THEFT

DESMOND HENDY, aged 50 of George Place, Plymouth: Theft from sunglasses and lanyard from vehicle in St Barnabas Terrace, Plymouth. Theft of wallet from vehicle in Windsor Place, Plymouth. Theft of two parcels from property in North Road West. Jailed for four weeks. Compensation £115 to each victim of theft.

THREATENING BEHAVIOUR

CHARLIE MARKS, aged 26 of Wolsdon Street, Plymouth: Threatening behaviour on Regent Street to named man. Victim surcharge £26. Conditional discharge for six months.

WEAPONS

CONNER FENN, aged 24 of Connaught Avenue, Plymouth: Possession of offensive weapon - baseball bat - on Trematon Terrace, Plymouth. Court costs £85. Victim surcharge £114. Community order - Rehabilitation activity up to 10 days.

MISUSE OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION

MARK FAHY, aged 39 of Leatfield Drive, Plymouth: Sent by public communication network messages of a menacing character. Sent by public communication network messages which was grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character - two counts. Assault by beating of named woman. Court costs £85 . Victim surcharge £154. Jail for eight weeks, suspended for 12 months. Rehabilitation activity up to 15 days. Unpaid work 80 hours.

DRUGS

JORDAN GOODY, aged 25 of Higher Efford Road, Plymouth: Possession of three bags of Class A cocaine weighing 0.44g, 0.44g and 0.45g. Court costs £85. Victim surcharge £26. Conditional discharge 12 months.

LEO PERRY, aged 18 of Verna Road, Plymouth: Possession of Class B cannabis in Market Way. Court costs £85. Victim surcharge £26. Conditional discharge six months.

ALFIE MIDDLETON SMITH, aged 18 of Efford Lane, Plymouth: Possession of 5.03g of Class B drug cannabis. Possession of 6.64g of Class A drug cocaine. Conditional discharge 18 months. court costs £85.

DANIEL ARDIS, aged 37 of St Johns Street, Plymouth: Possession of 0.22g of Class A drug heroin at Western Approach. Possession of 1.24g of Class A drug cocaine at Western Approach. Victim surcharge £26. Conditional discharge 12 months.