Latest cases from Swindon Crown and Magistrates Courts

SWINDON: Daniel Parr, of Worcester Close in Cardiff, has been sentenced for driving offences. The 32-year-old pleaded guilty to driving a Vauxhall Astra along Fleming Way while disqualified and without valid insurance on January 26, 2025. At the time, he had consumed so much alcohol that the proportion of it in his breath, namely 50 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, exceeded the prescribed limit.

He has been banned from driving for three years, given a 17-week prison sentence which has been suspended for 18 months, fined GBP2,000, and ordered to complete 200 hours of unpaid work plus five rehabilitation activity days as well as pay GBP85 in court costs. RODBOURNE: Abraham Fekadu, of Linslade Street, has been sentenced for driving offences. The 34-year-old pleaded guilty to driving a Toyota Yaris on Drakes Way on July 25, 2024, which caused extensive damage to the left side of Vauxhall Zafira that cost GBP4,456 to repair, then did not give his name or address to the other driver and failed to report the accident at a police station or to a constable within 24 hours of the crash.

At the time, he had driven the vehicle without due care and attention, failed to stop after the collision, and did not have a valid driving licence. He has been banned from driving for three years, fined GBP300 altogether, and ordered to pay GBP85 in court costs plus GBP120 to fund victim services. MOTORWAY: Jiya Baker, of Seneca Street in Bristol, has been sentenced for driving offences.

The 28-year-old pleaded guilty to driving a Ford Transit van along the M4 in Wiltshire dangerously after consuming so much alcohol that the proportion of it in their breath - namely 43 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath - exceeded the prescribed limit on September 7, 2024. The defendant has been banned from driving for 12 months, received a nine-month prison sentence which has been suspended for 12 months, fined GBP1,000, and ordered to pay GBP85 in court costs plus GBP114 to fund victim services as well as carry out 100 hours of unpaid work. SWINDON: Daniel Stewart, of HMP Coldingley, has been sentenced for possessing of various drugs.

The 36-year-old pleaded guilty to having the Class C drugs methandienone, oxandrolone, Flubromazolam, and testosterone in Swindon on January 22, 2022, as well as having an amount of cocaine with intent to supply it to another. He has been jailed for 32 months. TOOTHILL: Corbyn Rothchild, of Goodrich Court, has been sentenced for shoplifting.

The 36-year-old pleaded guilty to taking clothes worth GBP500 from the Swindon Calvin Klein store on November 16, 2024. He received a community order that requires him to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work in the next 12 months.

HAYDON WICK: Keisha Williams, of Ventnor Close, has been sentenced for assaults. The 42-year-old pleaded not guilty but was later found guilty of beating a man and woman on a train between Reading and Didcot Parkway Railway Stations on January 31, 2024. She received a community order that requires her to carry out 12 months of mental health treatment and pay GBP85 in court costs as well as GBP50 to the female victim and GBP100 to the male victim.

The defendant previously admitted to failing without reasonable cause to surrender to custody at Oxford Magistrates' Court on December 9, 2024 having been released on bail in criminal proceedings on September 10, 2024.

For this, she received no separate penalty.