COURT LISTINGS: Woman, 20, fined for grossly offensive phone call and six months behind bars for serving prisoner who caused actual bodily harm
This week's Nottingham Magistrates' Court listings have been released.
Cases in the Newark area include a woman fined for making a grossly offensive phone call and six months behind bars for a serving prisoner who caused actual bodily harm.
All court cases below.
A 20-YEAR-OLD who made an indecent or grossly offensive telephone call to a woman and sent her 60 messages was fined £240 at Nottingham Magistrates' Court.
Shona Pestell, of Bakewell Close, Balderton, admitted making the call, which was made for the purpose of causing distress or anxiety.
She also admitted the messages were designed to cause the woman an annoyance.
Pestell must pay £30 costs, which will be deducted from benefits she receives.
There was no award of compensation as the magistrates heard the defendant and victim had resolved their issue.
A MAN who damaged a woman's Mercedes was conditionally discharged for 12 months and barred from a pub.
Ryan Kent, 29, of Wilfred Avenue, Balderton, admitted criminal damage.
He was ordered to pay £495 by way of compensation and £105 in costs.
Kent also admitted using threatening behaviour on the same date in May, to which the conditional discharge also applies.
He was barred from entering the Rose & Crown, Farndon, for 12 months.
A THIEF who took Surf tablets worth £13 from the One-Stop Shop on Sleaford Road, Newark, was ordered to be detained in Nottingham Magistrates' Court for minutes as punishment.
Robert Fieldsend, of the Russell House Hostel, London Road, Newark was told to stay in the courthouse until 10.25am.
Fieldsend, who pleaded guilty to theft, must also pay compensation of £13.
A SERVING prisoner who carried out a deliberate attack on public servant in a jail during the course of their duties has been sentenced to time behind bars.
Glen Spedding, 36, admitted assault causing actual bodily harm at HMP Lowdham.
Magistrates said a weapon equivalent was involved and the offence was aggravated by the defendant's previous record for offending.
Spedding was sentenced to six months jail time.
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