A man given a suspended prison sentence for stealing £30 of wine and a driver caught at 96mph are among the latest defendants sentenced by magistrates.
Dominic Lethbridge-Smythe, 23, of Leger Close, Church Crookham, Fleet, was sentenced on October 26 after changing his plea to guilty to failing to stop his BMW when required to do so by a police officer on Crookham Road, Fleet, on December 4, 2025.
He was fined £333 and ordered to pay £130 costs and a £133 surcharge.
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Georgia Clayton, 18, of Dankworth Road, Basingstoke, was sentenced on October 27 after pleading guilty to stealing two bottles of wine worth £20 from the Co-op in Basingstoke on July 28.
She was fined £19 and ordered to pay £20 compensation, £45 prosecution costs and an £8 surcharge.
Alois Tischler, 49, of Hazeldene Road, was sentenced on October 27 after being found guilty of assault by beating in Basingstoke on February 21, 2025.
He was given a community order lasting until October 26, 2027, including a probation requirement and 150 hours of unpaid work.
He was also ordered to pay £50 compensation and £85 costs.
Rhys Michael Pym, 29, c/o Hunters Close, Oakley, was sentenced on October 28 after pleading guilty to speeding on the M3 between Fleet Services and junction 4A on December 1, 2023.
He was fined £300 and ordered to pay £90 costs and a £120 surcharge.
His driving record was endorsed with three penalty points.
A separate charge of failing to provide information identifying the driver was withdrawn.
Ritchie Webb, 40, of Western Way, Basingstoke, was sentenced on October 29 after admitting breaching a suspended sentence order by failing to attend a planned office appointment on June 9.
Magistrates allowed the suspended sentence order to continue, fined him £27 and ordered him to pay £30 costs.
Reece Dimmock, 35, of no fixed address, was sentenced on October 30 after pleading guilty to breaching a non-molestation order by entering Basingstoke on September 3 when he was prohibited from doing so.
He was jailed for 12 weeks.
He also admitted breaching the order again by entering Basingstoke on October 29 and was given a further 12-week prison sentence, consecutive to the first.
Christopher Carrigan, 46, of Wickham Place, Crookham Village, Fleet, was sentenced on October 30 after pleading guilty to stealing £30 worth of wine from Sainsbury's in Fleet on October 21.
He was given a 16-week prison sentence suspended for 12 months and ordered to pay £30 compensation.
Jamie Appleton, 32, of Marsden Court, Laverstoke, was sentenced on November 2 after pleading guilty to driving a Vauxhall without insurance on Sapley Lane, Overton, on March 8.
He was fined £384 and ordered to pay £130 costs and a £154 surcharge, while his driving record was endorsed with six penalty points.
Magistrates did not disqualify him after finding exceptional hardship.
The court heard that loss of income could lead to the loss of his home and affect shared childcare arrangements, while his children would also suffer hardship as he was responsible for driving them around the county.
Prasiddha Shrestha, 23, of Abbey Road, Basingstoke, was sentenced on November 2 after being found guilty, proved in his absence, of driving a Ford without insurance on Abbey Road, Basingstoke, on February 28.
He was fined £219 and given six penalty points.
He was also found guilty of driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence.
No separate penalty was imposed for that offence, although the register records £130 costs and an £88 surcharge against it.
Tayo Calliste, 34, of Chester Road, London, was sentenced on November 2 after pleading guilty to driving a Mercedes at 96mph on the M3 northbound at Basingstoke on February 25.
He was fined £430 and ordered to pay £130 costs and a £172 surcharge.
His driving record was endorsed with five penalty points.
Zachary Kench, 24, of Bagshot Manor Gardens, Green Lane, Bagshot, was sentenced on November 2 after being found guilty, proved in his absence, of driving a Ford at 49mph in a 40mph limit on the A30 London Road in Hook on October 3, 2025.
He was fined £153 and ordered to pay £130 costs and a £61 surcharge.
His driving record was endorsed with three penalty points.
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