Dodged fare ends up costing Newark traveller £220
A FARE-DODGER who rode a tram without a ticket was fined £220 at Nottingham Magistrates' Court.
The case against Paul Taylor, 41, was proved against him.
Taylor, of School Lane, Newark, must also pay the £2.20 value of the ticket to Nottingham Express Transit (NET) and £150 in court costs.
A 50-YEAR-OLD man from Southwell who was nearly three times the legal drink-drive limit was banned from the roads for 52 months.
Nicholas Booth, of Lower Kirklington Road, must also be rehabilitated as part of a 12-month community order imposed by Nottingham magistrates for the offence, which was committed on Colwick Loop Road.
Booth, who pleaded guilty, blew 103mg of alcohol in 100ml of breath. The legal limit is 35mg.
He must also pay £170 in court costs.
A 30-YEAR-OLD disqualified driver who failed to provide a specimen of breath for analysis during the course of an investigation into an offence under the Road Traffic Act 1988 received a suspended prison sentence of 12 weeks.
Fernando Munoz-Sanchez, of Grange Road, Newark, admitted his guilt, and further pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified and driving without insurance.
The sentence was suspended for a year.
Munoz-Sanchez must also carry out 80 hours of unpaid work and do a 31-day Thinking Skills programme as part of the suspended sentence.
He was further disqualified from driving for 36 months and told to pay £207 in costs.
A DRINK-DRIVER was fined £324 and banned from getting behind the wheel for 17 months.
John Gallagher, 30, of Cottage Avenue, Aslockton, blew 60mg of alcohol in 100ml of breath. The offence being committed on Mill Lane. The legal limit is 35mg.
Gallagher admitted drink-driving and must also pay £117 in costs.
A THIEF who stole various items of clothing to a value of £314.50 from Morrisons was conditionally discharged for 12 months and told to pay £200 in compensation from her benefits.
Jay Parkinson, 29, of Strawberry Hall Lane, Newark, admitted theft.
She was only punished with a criminal discharged after the court heard that she was making good progress with probation.
A MAN who left a man in fear that immediate violence was about to take place was conditionally discharged by Nottingham magistrates.
Andrew Waterfall, 55, of Bridge Court, Balderton, admitted threatening behaviour.
Waterfall was was conditionally discharged for 12 months and told to pay costs of £106.
A COMMUTER who used threatening behaviour towards a woman at Newark Castle Station must carry out 100 hours of unpaid work in a year by way of punishment.
Archford Gondora, 38, of Balmoral Road, Colwick Park, admitted threatening behaviour and must do community service as part of a 12 month community order, which also includes a rehabilitation activity.
