A round-up of selected recent cases heard at Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court, including a man who assaulted a passenger on a train between Basingstoke and Andover.
Dale Todd, 21, of Gale Close, Yateley, appeared on June 2 and must pay £337 in a fine, costs, and a surcharge. He pleaded guilty to driving a silver Ford Fiesta on the M3 at Basingstoke on January 11 with 3mg of Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol per litre of blood. He was banned from driving for three years and must pay the total by October 1.
Joshua Taylor, 34, of Condor Way, Basingstoke, appeared on June 2 and must pay £360 in a fine and court costs. He changed his plea to guilty to driving a white BMW 1 Series on Timberlake Road, Basingstoke on November 7, with 74mg of alcohol per 100ml of breath. He was banned from driving for 36 months. Taylor also used the same car without insurance on the same date; magistrates imposed no separate penalty for that offence.
George Groombridge, 35, of Leveret Way, Yapton, appeared on June 2 and must pay £160 in compensation and costs. He pleaded guilty to assaulting a male passenger on a train between Basingstoke and Andover on July 24, and to resisting a police constable in Andover later the same day. Magistrates gave him a community order running until December 1, 2026, requiring 170 hours of unpaid work, 25 rehabilitation activity days and a 60-day alcohol-abstinence monitoring tag. He was also ordered to pay £75 compensation and £85 costs.
Krissy Selfe, 43, of Weir Road, Hartley Wintney, appeared on June 3 and must pay £208 in a fine, costs and a surcharge. She pleaded guilty to breaching a restraining order on December 16, at Hook. The bench considered but declined to impose a fresh restraining order.
Gemma Stagg, 38, of Combe Road, Tilehurst, appeared on June 3 and must pay £407 in a fine, court costs and a surcharge after admitting drink-driving on April 30 in Winchester Road, Basingstoke. She was banned from driving for three years, with the ban to be cut by 36 weeks if she completes a drink-drive rehabilitation course by July 24, 2027. Tests showed 87mg of alcohol per 100ml of breath.
Alfie Friary, 18, of Meadow Walk, Fleet, appeared on June 3 and must pay £239 in a fine, costs and a surcharge after pleading guilty to possessing a joint of cannabis in Basingstoke on May 8. The drug was ordered to be forfeited and destroyed.
Kieran Torbett, 31, of Woolford Way, Basingstoke, appeared on June 3 and was banned from driving for 12 months. He must pay £583 in a fine, costs and a surcharge after pleading guilty to drug-driving on December 8, 2024, in Winklebury Way, Basingstoke. Tests showed 2.7mg of THC per litre of blood.
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