KAREN BOTTLEY, 53, of Between Towns Road, Oxford, pleaded guilty to drug driving a Vauxhall Tigra in Garsington Road. She was over the limit for cocaine and benzoylecgonine. She was fined £120, banned from driving for a year and was ordered to pay £88 in costs and surcharge.
MOHAMMED NAJADI, 35, of Luther Street, Oxford, pleaded guilty to stealing alcohol from Tesco on the Cowley Road on June 25, stole a bicycle on June 4, had a bladed item in East Avenue on July 7, possession of cannabis, and stole ‘mixed food items’ worth £118 from Tesco on July 15. He also pleaded guilty to breaking into the Truck Store on August 24, when he stole a till tray, and burgled Betfred of £28 in coins. He also pleaded guilty to stealing a wallet and mobile phone in November 2022, five more thefts of alcohol from Tesco, and stealing a Hoover from Donnington Arms pub on August 20, 2022. He was jailed for a total of 52 weeks.
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CONNOR TAYLOR, 28, of Hill Close, Chipping Norton, admitted drug driving a VW Polo on Sturt Road, Charlbury. He was over the limit for cannabis. He was fined £80, banned from driving for a year and must pay a £32 victim surcharge.
MARK LOVERDIGE, 43, of Milton Close, Horton, Slough, admitted being on farmland near Wantage in pursuit of gam, woodcocks, snipe or conies. He was fined £400 and ordered to pay £250 in costs. No evidence was offered to support other charges of worrying livestock and entering farmland to pursue hares with dogs.
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JACK BELDOM, 23, of Montrose Way, Datchet, near Slough, pleaded guilty to the same charge of trespass on farmland near Wantage in pursuit of game. Like Loveridge, other charges of livestock worrying and chasing hares with dogs were dropped against Beldom. He was fined £300 and must pay a £120 victim surcharge.
JORDAN MCDONAGH, 27, who gave a care of address of Saunders Road, Cowley, pleaded guilty to multiple counts of failing to comply with sex offender notification requirements by failing to register at a police station. He received a community order with 150 hours of unpaid work and up to 35 rehabilitation activity requirement days.
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AIMEE PARGETER, 38, of Nuffield Road, Oxford, pleaded guilty to fraud by abuse of position. While working as a receptionist at Moreton Road Dental Surgery, she defrauded her employer out of almost £8,340 between April and July 2022. She was given a community order with 200 hours of unpaid work and was ordered to pay £8,339.30 in compensation. The magistrates also ordered the payment of £199 in costs and surcharge.
TROY HUGHES-COPPINS, 25, of Lambton Close, Oxford, admitted possession of a kitchen knife in Cowley Road, Oxford, without a reasonable excuse or lawful authority. The offence was committed on August 4. He received four months’ imprisonment suspended for a year. As part of the order, he must complete a drug rehabilitation programme and wear a GPS tag until December 6. The magistrates ordered he pay £239 in costs and surcharge.
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