THESE are some of the people from Basingstoke and the surrounding area to recently appear in court.

MICHAEL Henry, 28, of Roman Road, Winklebury. Pleaded guilty to contacting someone he was prohibited from doing so on March 7, 2018. Restraining order made. Fined £150 and ordered to pay £30 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

RICHARD John Speroni, 47, of Paddock Road, South Ham. Pleaded guilty to assault by beating on February 1, 2018. Community order made and ordered to pay £85 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

LUKE Edwin Peter Mellett, 45, of no fixed abode. Pleaded guilty to assault by beating on April 7, 2018. Fined £120. Also pleaded guilty to assaulting a member of hospital staff at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital on the same date. Fined a further £120.

DARREN Melville Dale, 27, of Bromelia Close, Bramley. Pleaded guilty to harassing another person by sending 305 text messages and 36 missed calls in a three-hour period on November 18, 2017. Restraining order made and fined £80 and ordered to pay £30 victim surcharge.

JUSTIN Leigh Hardway, 42, of no fixed abode. Pleaded guilty to using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause another person unlawful harm on April 7, 2018. Community order made and ordered to pay £50 compensation. Also pleaded guilty to two counts of assaulting a police officers in the line of duty on the same date. Further community order made.

TOMMY King, 36, of Lane End, Bramley. Pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle without the relevant insurance policy on September 18, 2017. Fined £660 and ordered to pay £66 victim surcharge and £85 costs. Driving licence endorsed with six points. Also pleaded guilty to driving without a licence and driving with a child under 14 years of age in a front seat without a proper seatbelt on the same date. Fined an addition £270.

DARIUSZ Klusek, 48, of Tasmania Close, Popley. Pleaded guilty to failing to surrender to custody at the Basingstoke Magistrates Court on November 4, 2014. Fined £200 and ordered to pay £20 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

GARETH James Robinson, 23, of Coronation Close, Odiham. Pleaded guilty to being in possession of an amount of a class B drug, namely cannabis, on January 2, 2017. Fined £215 and ordered to pay £85 costs. Also pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle, namely a Volkswagen Golf, while under the influence of drugs on the same date. Fined a further £325 and ordered to pay a further £33 victim surcharge. Disqualified from driving for one year and eight months.

JAMES Henry Lang, 43, of Attwood Close, Kings Furlong. Pleaded guilty to two counts of assaulting a police officer in the line of duty on March 15, 2018. Community order made and ordered to pay £150 in compensation and £85 costs. Also pleaded guilty to intentionally touching a woman aged 16 or over sexually without their consent on the same date. Restraining order made.

TRAIAN Tursan, 31, of no fixed abode. Pleaded guilty to committing fraud by trying to gain £1,500 from a jeweller by returning a faulty watch on April 11, 2018. Fined £120 and ordered to pay £30 victim surcharge and £40 costs.

ALIN Ionel Crevideanu, 33, of London Road, Hook. Pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle, namely a BMW, while under the influence of alcohol on January 8, 2017. Fined £250 and ordered to pay £30 victim surcharge and £85 costs. Disqualified from driving form one year and five months.

MAURICE Bradbury, 66, of Bolton Crescent, South Ham. Pleaded guilty to assault by beating on March 13, 2018. Community order made and ordered to pay £85 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

ADAM Charles Reginald Neale, 38, of Attwood Close, Kings Furlong. Pleaded guilty to assault by beating on February 20, 2018. Community order made and ordered to pay £85 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

ROMAN Zacharczuk, 36, of Winchester Road, Basingstoke. Pleaded guilty to harassing another person at their home address on December 30, 2017. Restraining order made. Fined £500 and ordered to pay £50 victim surcharge and £85 costs.