Here are some recent cases to be heard before the courts in Swindon and Salisbury.
CHIPPENHAM: Shane Bowers, 33, has been fined £216 after using a mobile phone while driving. Bowers, of Frog Lane in Great Somerford, was caught on July 2 last year on the B4069 Sutton Benger Road. He pleaded guilty on March 2.
ROYAL WOOTTON BASSETT: Adam Williams, 40, faces a number charges.
He allegedly damaged a perspex protection screen and two pairs of headphones, to the value of £120, at the Best One Store and Longleaze in Royal Wootton Bassett on November 13 last year. Williams, of Shakespeare Road, is also accused of beating four separate people and being in possession of both an extendable baton and cannabis on the same date. No plea has been listed and the case will call again later this year.
WARMINSTER: James Taylor, 42, has been jailed for six months after subjecting a woman to an assault, causing her actual bodily harm.
Taylor, of East Street in Warminster, carried out the assault on September 17 last year. He had indicated a plea of guilty to the courts the same month.
As well as his jail sentence, a restraining order has also been made against him. He is not allowed to contact the woman in anyway until the order runs out in 2023. Taylor was given a further six months for the assault of a man, and also ordered not to make contact with him.
CHIPPENHAM: Archie Connolly, 21, denies the charge of beating another man on May 30 last year. Connolly, of Humbolts Hold, will go on trial later this month.
TROWBRIDGE: Callum Davies, of College Road in Trowbridge, has been found guilty after he damaged a police vehicle.
The incident took place on March 4 last year in Hilperton. Without lawful excuse, he damaged a police vehicle, not specified in court documents, to “an unknown value, intending to destroy or damage such property or being reckless as to whether such property would be destroyed or damaged”.
Davies, 26, was found guilty on March 3 this year, and a warrant for his arrest has since been granted by the courts.
ROYAL WOOTTON BASSETT: Mirella Santos, of the George Hotel in Reading, will face charges of assault against emergency service personnel. Santos, 30, is accused of assaulting three police officers on October 7 last year in Royal Wootton Bassett. No plea has yet been listed.
WESTBURY: Helen Hurley, of Long Hollow in Edington, has pleaded not guilty to refusing to provide information to Ministry for Defence police.
On January 8 this year, she allegedly did not give information on the rider of a Yamaha Quad Bike when questioned.
The case for the 49-year-old will call again later this year.
PEWSEY: Shaun Goddard, of Rawlins Road in Pewsey, must carry out 80 hours of unpaid work in the next 12 months.
He had pleaded guilty to assaulting a woman on June 28 last year. The 47-year-old must pay £200 compensation.
LYNEHAM: Rhys Denman, 21, of Earl’s Court, Lyneham, pleaded guilty to intentionally damaging a John Baker House window, Salisbury, on September 3 last year. He indicated a plea of guilty to possessing 11 grams of amphetamine. Denman was fined a total of £80 and was ordered to pay compensation of £80, a victim surcharge of £34 and costs of £85.
CHIPPENHAM: Aaron Bishop will appear in court over a damaged window at the Bear Hotel in Chippenham. The 31-year-old is accused of causing the damage “to an unknown value” on August 7 last year.
No plea has been given at this stage for Bishop, of Lindley Close in Tidworth.
CHIPPENHAM: Latasha Sheppard, 31, will appear in court after beating a man on August 9 last year. Sheppard, of Kingsbury Square in Salisbury, also faces the charges of using threatening or abusive words that would likely cause alarm or distress; beating a woman in Chippenham last August; sending offensive messages in Salisbury and sending offensive messages via Facebook while in Warminster. She pleaded guilty last month to the crimes and has been remanded on unconditional bail until the case calls again on August 31.
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