Scales of Justice results from Oxford Magistrates' Court

RAJA TARIQ, 41, of Hawkins Close, Worcester, pleaded guilty to drug driving a Mercedes Sprinter van on the M40 between junctions 10 and nine. Blood tests showed he was over the limit for cannabis. He was fined £120, given 10 penalty points and must pay £133 in costs and surcharge.

CRAIG WALTON, 44, of Divinity Road, Oxford, admitted breaching a restraining order by contacting and visiting a woman in Oxford in January. He received 14 weeks’ imprisonment and was ordered to pay £85 in costs.

READ MORE: Scales of Justice results published on May 8

TAURI FRASER, 24, of Hayward Bridge Road, Stadhampton, admitted damaging a Volvo V40 car in the village last June. Fraser was ordered to pay £150 in compensation, was conditionally discharged for a year and must pay £161 in costs and surcharge.

MICHAEL MCDONAGH, 43, of Cumnor Road, Filchampstead, pleaded guilty to assaulting a woman by beating her in Cowley and using threatening behaviour towards a police officer on the same date last July. The offending put him in breach of a conditional discharge. The bench imposed a community order with 100 hours of unpaid work. He must pay £199 in costs and surcharge.

BARNABAS ABRUGBE, 45, of Regency Place, Birmingham, pleaded guilty to driving a silver Porsche Macan on the M40 near junction nine last December while he was over the drink-drive limit and uninsured. Tests showed he had 54mcgs of alcohol in 100ml of breath; the legal limit being 35mcgs. He was fined £560, banned from driving for 16 months and must pay £309 in costs and surcharge.

READ MORE: Scales of Justice results published on May 9

DANIEL MCDONAGH, 18, of Cherry Tree Lane, Hemel Hempstead, admitted stealing £1,081 worth of beauty products from Boots in Witney. He was ordered to complete 40 hours of unpaid work as part of a community order and must pay £199 in costs and surcharge.

ZOE ANDREWS, 25, of High Street, Wallingford, pleaded guilty to drink driving a Citroen DS3 in Benson Lane. Tests showed she had 104mlgs of alcohol in 100ml of blood; the legal limit is 80mlgs. She was fined £369, banned from driving for a year and must pay £233 in costs and surcharge.

DANIEL WEBB, 39, care of Amersham Hill, High Wycombe, admitted stealing £800 from a man in Oxford last July. He was ordered to pay the full £800 in compensation.

ALSHAFEEA EZEREG, 23, of Northcourt Avenue, Reading, admitted personal possession of cannabis in Oxford last October. The bench imposed a 12 month conditional discharge and ordered Ezereg pay £50 in costs and surcharge.

READ MORE: Scales of Justice results published on May 11

DARREN BASDEN, 49, of Hadrian Walk East, Reading, was found guilty of two assaults. He appeared before the Oxford Magistrates’ Court on a warrant and admitted two counts of failing to surrender to the court. He was jailed for 26 weeks and ordered to pay £200 in compensation.

SEBASTIAN LUCACI, 36, of Horspath Road, Oxford, admitted sending threatening phone messages and texts. He received a community order with 100 hours of unpaid work and a 90 day alcohol abstinence tag. A restraining order bans him from using or threatening violence towards his victim and from damaging her property. He must pay £180 in costs and surcharge.

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