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

GANESH Sarki, 26, of Gower Close, South View. Pleaded guilty to stealing a Babyliss grooming kit to the value of £16.99 from B&M Stores in Worting Road on August 11, 2017. Fined £60 and ordered to £30 victim surcharge.

LIAM Anthony Mullin, 25, of Kingsclere Road, Ramsdell. Pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle in Kingsclere Road whilst under the influence of alcohol on June 24, 2017. Fined £120 and ordered to pay £30 victim surcharge and £85 costs. Disqualified from driving for three years and two months. Also pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle whilst under the influence of drugs, namely cocaine on the same date. Fined £120 and disqualified from driving for a further three years and four months.

JUSTIN William Tidbury, 48, of Little Knowl Hill, Kingsclere. Found guilty of driving a motor vehicle, namely an Audi, in Overton whilst unfit to drive through drug use on April 12, 2017. Fined £710 and ordered to pay £71 victim surcharge and £620 costs. Disqualified from driving for four months.

MATTHEW James Jutsum, 30, of no fixed abode. Found guilty of attempting to steal groceries to the value of £16.44 from Lidl on May 20, 2017. Fined £60 and ordered to pay £30 victim surcharge and £60 costs. Also pleaded guilty to being in possession of a class A drug on August 31, 2017. Fined £80 and ordered to pay £25 costs.

ARRAN Birrell, 34, of Winchester Road, Basingstoke. Pleaded guilty to carrying a bladed object, namely a kitchen knife in public on September 23, 2017. Fined £366 and ordered to pay £36 victim surcharge and £20 costs. Also pleaded guilty to being in possession of a class B drug, namely cannabis on the same date. Fined £146.

KATRINA Anne Trim, 50, of Ascension Close, Popley. Pleaded guilty to dishonestly changing the circumstances of claiming housing benefits from Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council. Community order made and ordered to pay £85 victim surcharge and £20 costs.

SIMON David Tustain, 22, of May Place, Eastrop. Pleaded guilty to trespassing on the railway lines at Basingstoke railway station on May 4, 2017. Fined £40 and ordered to pay £30 victim surcharge and £20 costs.

IONUT Birca, 23, of Buckland Avenue, South Ham. Pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle, namely a Volkswagen Polo, in Buckland Avenue, whilst under the influence of drugs on April 25, 2017. Fined £130 and ordered to pay £30 victim surcharge and £40 costs. Disqualified from driving for one year.

GLENN John Pierre Goddard, 31, of Schubert Road, Brighton Hill. Pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly in New Street, Basingstoke on October 7, 2017. Fined £150 and ordered to pay £30 compensation. Also pleaded guilty to stealing a bicycle and riding it whilst drunk on the same date. Fined £100.

SARA Zucchini, 45, of Sarum Hill, Eastrop. Pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle whilst disqualified from driving. Sentenced to 16 weeks in prison and ordered to pay £115 victim surcharge.

RICARDO Migeul Da Fonseca Soares Resende, 39, of Barrington Drive, Sherborne St John. Pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle, namely a Peugeot, on the M3, whilst using a hand-held mobile phone on April 24, 2017. Fined £220 and ordered to pay £30 victim surcharge and £85 costs. Driving licence endorsed with six points.

JAMES Ryan Strudwick, 35, Melrose Walk, Popley. Pleaded guilty to being in possession of a class A drug, namely cocaine on August 8, 2017. Fined £120 and ordered to pay £30 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

REECE Peach, 34, of St John’s Close, Bramley. Pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle, namely a Ford Fiesta, without the relevant insurance policy on May 8, 2017. Fined £660 and ordered to pay £66 victim surcharge and £85 costs. Driving licence endorsed with six points.

BARRY Richard Wildash, 44, of Attwood Close, Kings Furlong. Pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle without the relevant insurance policy on May 31, 2017. Fined £660 and ordered to pay £66 victim surcharge and £85 costs. Driving licence endorsed with six points.