In the Dock: Latest results from Reading Magistrates' Court

January 30:

CHRIS ANCELL, 77, of Mills Spur, Windsor, pleaded guilty to damaging a Tesla, the damage valued at £1,242.71, on November 12 last year. He was given a 12-month period of conditional discharge and ordered to may compensation to the value of the damage. He was also made to pay court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £26.

TAYLOR ELLIOT-MONEY, 32, of Attebrouche Court, Bracknell, pleaded guilty to drink driving on September 12 last year with namely 89 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. They were disqualified from driving for 22 months and fined £200. They were also made to pay £85 in court costs and a £50 victim surcharge.

THEO PATRICK, 21, of Victoria Road, Ascot, pleaded guilty to drink driving on July 26 last year with namely 67ug/L microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. He was disqualified from driving for 17 months and fined £100. He was also made to pay a £40 victim surcharge.

LIAM KING, 31, of Long Readings Lane, Slough, pleaded guilty to drug driving on August 28 last year. He was disqualified from driving for 12 months and fined £50. He was also ordered to pay a £40 victim surcharge.

LEE HOOD, 19, of The Hawthorns, Colnbrook, Slough, pleaded guilty to possession of a machete in a public place on July 6 last year and possession of a knuckle duster in a private place. He was sentenced to four months imprisonment suspended for 12 months and was ordered to complete 150 hours of unpaid work. There was £85 in court costs and a £154 victim surcharge.

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