THE following cases were heard at Poole Magistrates' Court:

ANTHONY HOWELLS, 40 and of Fairfield in Christchurch, admitted stealing a pedal cycle to the value of £1200 from a woman in Christchurch on August 4, 2023. He was handed a community order lasting until February 28, 2024, and ordered to pay £1200 in compensation.

JOSHUA COLES, 23 and of Blind Lane in Wimborne, admitted assault by beating and possessing a kitchen knife in Blind Lane in Wimborne on December 12, 2023. He was handed a three-month prison sentence suspended for 12 months. He was also ordered to pay £50 in compensation, pay £85 in costs to the Crown Prosecution Service, and complete 100 hours of unpaid work.

STEVEN WRIGHT, 34 and of Brookside Close in Bransgore, admitted drink driving in Grove Road West in Christchurch on December 28, 2023. He was disqualified from driving for 24 months. He was also fined £1600.00, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £640 and ordered to pay £85 in costs to the Crown Prosecution Service.

MARNIE ANN TAKARA BROWN, 33 and of Pine Road in Bournemouth, admitted using her phone while driving in Columbia Road in Bournemouth on April 21, 2023. She got six points on his licence. She was also fined £324, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £130, and ordered to pay costs of £85 to the Crown Prosecution Service.

ALFIE LESLIE, 19 and of no fixed address, admitted failing to comply with a community requirement of a suspended sentence order made by Poole Magistrates Court on September 19, 2023. He was fined £20.

ANWAR HUSEIN, 27 and of Westover Gardens in Bournemouth, was found guilty of religiously aggravated intentional harassment and assault by beating in Maidenhead on December 3, 2022. He admitted a charge of failing to surrender to custody at Reading Magistrates' Court, having been released on bail in criminal proceedings. He was handed a community order running until February 28, 2025, with a requirement to complete 100 hours of unpaid work. He was also ordered to pay £100 in compensation.

OLIVER TOBY SNOW, 43 and of Grosvenor Road in Shaftesbury, was convicted of an offence while under a community order made by Dorset Magistrates Court on October 13, 2022. The community order was revoked, and he was jailed for four weeks.

IVON PETERS, 57 and of Dacombe Drive in Upton, admitted assault by beating, having assaulted a man in Poole on May 24, 2023. He was handed a community order running until March 3, 2025. He was also ordered to pay £700 in compensation, a victim surcharge of £114 and costs of £85 to the Crown Prosecution Service.

JOHN WALTON, 31 and of Shillingstone Gardens in Poole, admitted a number of motoring offences which occurred in Poole on October 7, 2023. He failed to stop after a traffic accident, drove while over the alcohol limit, and drove without a licence and insurance. He was also found in possession of cannabis while in custody in Bournemouth. The defendant was handed a six-week jail term suspended for 12 months. He was also ordered to pay £300 in compensation.

REBECCA AUSTIN, 52 and of Horsham Avenue in Bournemouth, admitted drink driving in Victoria Road, Ferndown on December 6, 2023. She was disqualified from driving for 17 months. She was also fined £200, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £80 and ordered to pay £85 in costs to the Crown Prosecution Service.