BOURNEMOUTH

JACK HARPER, aged 33 and of St Swithins Road, Bournemouth, admits driving a Ford Transit in Hawden Road, Bournemouth on June 14 with more than 200 micrograms of cocaine derivative benzoylecgonine per litre of blood. Fined £100, to pay a £30 surcharge, to pay £85 costs. Disqualified from driving for 12 months. Also admits driving with more than 32mg cocaine per litre of blood. No separate penalty.

LYNN MARION SMITH, aged 56 and of Frances Road, Bournemouth. admits assaulting a person by beating her in St John’s Road, Bournemouth on July 12 and the offence being racially aggravated. Restraining order made until December 2019. Fined £150, to pay £50 compensation, to pay £85 costs. Also admits damaging a pair of spectacles to the value of £365. Fined £50, to pay £365 compensation.

POOLE

JOSEPH WILLIAM CURPHEY, aged 24 and of Solomon Way, Poole, admits having 24 grams of cannabis in his possession on Poole on October 28. Community order made. The defendant must comply with a rehabilitation activity requirement for a maximum of 10 days. To pay an £85 surcharge, to pay £85 costs. Drugs to be forfeited and destroyed. Also admits commission of a further offence during the operational period of a suspended sentence order for fail bail x 2 and assault. No adjudication - dealt with for original offence. Fined £10.

CHRISTCHURCH

JACK ALEXANDER BARNES, aged 24 and of Burton Road, Christchurch, admits stealing a bottle of Hardys Bankside wine worth £5 from McColl’s in New Milton on September 12. Discharged conditionally for three months. To pay £5 compensation.

JOHN WHITE, aged 56 and of Purewell, Christchurch, convicted of driving a Kia on the A338 Wessex Way on April 4 at a speed exceeding 40 miles per hour, namely 47mph. No totting disqualification. Mitigating circumstances - defendant would lose employment and his home. Fined £120, to pay a £30 surcharge, to pay £85 costs.

WIMBORNE

CHARLES STEPHEN WEIR, aged 24 and of Crooked Withies Farm, Mannington, admits driving a Vauxhall Corsa in Newtown Lane, Verwood on November 23 with 45 micrograms of alcohol in breath. Fined £250, to pay a £30 surcharge, to pay £85 costs. Disqualified from driving for 12 months.

VERWOOD

LEONARD FLORIN GEORGE STAN, aged 19 and of Queens Road, Watford, Herts, admits stealing alcohol, cosmetics, clothes and food worth £523.35 from Morrisons in Verwood on December 5. Fined £120, to pay a £30 surcharge, to pay £85 costs.

GILLINGHAM

PHILLIP ROBERT TORRANCE, aged 36 and of Paris Court, Gillingham, admits breaching a restraining order between October 4 and 5. Committed to prison for four weeks. Reason: defendant has a flagrant disregard for court orders. To pay a £115 surcharge, to pay £85 costs. Also admits assaulting a person, which he was prohibited from doing by a restraining order, on October 13. Committed to prison for four weeks concurrent. Also admits threatening a person, which he was prohibited from doing by a restraining order, on October 15. Committed to prison for four weeks concurrent. Also admits commission of a further offence while subject to a conditional discharge order for a period of 12 months for breaching a restraining order. No action taken on breach. Also admits breaching a restraining order on November 6. Committed to prison for four weeks concurrent. Restraining order discharged.

RINGWOOD

ROBERT JOHN CULLEN, aged 53 and of Hurn Road, Ringwood, convicted of driving a BMW on the A31 Ringwood Road on June 6 at a speed exceeding 50 miles per hour, namely 63mph. No totting disqualification. Mitigating circumstances - defendant’s business would fail and the company’s co-director would face hardship. Fined £280, to pay a £30 surcharge, to pay £85 costs. Driving record endorsed with three points.