The following cases were heard at Reading and Slough Magistrates’ Courts: 


February 18

OCTAVIAN SOTIR, 32, of Clifton Road, Slough, admitted driving without insurance in Slough on July 22, 2020. Fined £300 and made to pay a £34 victim surcharge. Banned from driving for 56 days. 
Robert Macdonald, 35, of Cedar Road, Slough, convicted of common assault in Maidenhead on December 6, 2020. Committed to prison for 12 weeks suspended for 12 months. Ordered to carry out 120 hours of unpaid work. Must pay compensation of £100 and court costs of £200. 
RUSSELL FULLER, 51, of Bowyer Drive, Slough, convicted of travelling on a railway without having paid a fare in Reading on June 28, 2021. Fined £440 and made to pay £60.90 in compensation. Ordered to pay £214 in court fees. 
HARSH HARSH, 20, of Wexham Road, Slough, convicted of travelling on a railway without having paid a fare in Twyford on June 21, 2021. Fined £440 and made to pay £7.80 in compensation. Ordered to pay £214 in court fees. 
CODY MURRAY, 21, of Morny Drive, Slough, convicted of travelling on a railway without having paid a fare in Slough on July 7, 2021. Fined £440 and made to pay £3.10 in compensation. Ordered to pay £214 in court fees. 
TOM REEVES, 20, of Whale Avenue, Reading, convicted of travelling on a railway without having paid a fare in Reading on July 9, 2021. Fined £440 and made to pay £19.50 in compensation. Ordered to pay £214 in court fees. 
ANETA TRULZKOWSKA, 41, of Bridport Way, Slough, convicted of travelling on a railway without having paid a fare in Reading on June 26, 2021. Fined £440 and made to pay £10.20 in compensation. Ordered to pay £214 in court fees. 

February 19

JOSHUA KINGHAM, 19, of Tobermory Close, Slough, admitted breaching the requirements of a community order by failing to attend two unpaid work placements in August 2021. Order to continue. 

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