LANCE CHARLES DE LA COUR aged 39 of Norwich Road, Bournemouth. Admitted stealing a portable hard drive, to the value of £129.99, belonging to Maplins Electronics, Commercial Road, Bournemouth. Also sentenced following conviction at North Hampshire Magistrates Court stealing console games, to the value of £1,540, belonging to Tesco, Winchester, and two counts of assault. Also sentenced following conviction at South and West Devon Magistrates Court for stealing computer games to the value of £449.50, belonging to Tesco, Newton Abbot, and stealing computer games to the value of £548, belonging to Tesco, Bedford. Also admitted stealing cosmetics of unknown value belonging to Co-Op, Bournemouth. Also admitted stealing toiletries to the value of £51.20, belonging to Co-Op, Bournemouth. Committed to prison for a total of 18 weeks suspended for two years. The defendant must participate in the Thinking Skills Programme for 19 days. To pay a total compensation of £281.19. Costs £50.

MICHELLE LOUISE MEECH aged 34 of Coronation Avenue, Moordown. Admitted using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour. Fined £50. To pay victim surcharge of £20. Costs £50.

JUSTINE EUGENE SMITH aged 38 of Seabourne Road, Bournemouth. Admitted stealing meat, to the value of £99.47, belonging to Marks and Spencer, Christchurch High Street. Fined £75. To pay compensation of £49. Costs £50. Also admitted committing a further offence during the period of a suspended sentence order made by in May 2013 for burglary. Order varied. Committed to prison for three weeks suspended for 13 months.

ANTHONY JOHN BARRETT aged 48 of no fixed abode. Admitted criminal damage to 11 windows belonging to Chapmans Hotel. Also admitted burgling Fresh Hair Salon, Christchurch Road, Bournemouth and stealing cash from a charity box. Committed to prison for a total of 12 weeks.

JAMIE DENNIS GORDON ELSWORTHY aged 34 of Westover Road, Bournemouth. Admitted failing without reasonable excuse to comply with the requirements of a community order made by East Dorset Magistrates Court by failing to report as directed. No adjudication – dealt with for original offence. Also sentenced for original offences in respect of which a community order was made in September 2013: Stealing a Sony Xperia mobile phone in Bournemouth; possession of 0.20 grammes of amphetamine, a Class B drug; possessing a quantity of cannabis, a Class B drug. Committed to prison for four weeks suspended for six months. Costs £60.

KEVIN BARRY BOYLE aged 56 of Wootton Gardens, Bournemouth. Admitted stealing various goods, to the value of £201.29, belonging to Asda, West Quay Road. Fined £50. To pay victim surcharge of £20. Costs £85.