Plymouth Court List: Woman who failed to look after dogs among 28 in trouble

Magistrates are still dealing with people who are drinking or taking drugs before driving their vehicles on public streets

A week of court appearances has revealed a slew of offences by people who have decided to play fast and loose with the law. Some have found themselves hauled downstairs to the cells at Plymouth Magistrates' Court by stern-faced dock officers, before they are later brought out the back of the building in handcuffs and helped up the steps of a waiting van prior to their sombre journey to a prison.

Occasionally they face a prison sentence because magistrates decide they were deemed to have had a "flagrant disregard for court orders" or a "flagrant disregard for people and their property" or they just decided to commit crimes while on bail or on a suspended sentence.

However, magistrates are not without a sense of understanding which can be shown in the driving offence cases where they have chosen not to remove a licence due to "mitigating circumstances".

The circumstances invariably are to do with the overwhelming impact not just on the driver, but on the drivers' family or others closely connected to them.

Cases in court can include someone who has poorly family members and the loss of the licence could result in "exceptional hardship" upon them, such as being unable to take them to vital hospital appointments for treatment. Or it may be an small business employee whose loss of a driving licence would result in the loss of their business and their employees losing their jobs.

While PlymouthLive will report on the nature of the offences and the sentences handed down, we will only add whether or not there was a report of mitigating circumstances prior to the sentence, but not details.

Despite the mitigating circumstances being read out in a public court, we choose not to report the details in these court list articles as they are often of an exceptionally personal and distressing nature.

In effect, we feel it is enough for readers to know that mitigating circumstances have been put forward by the offender themselves or their legal representative, and that the magistrates or District Judge have considered these matters to be pertinent before they have handed down their judgement.

DRIVING OFFENCE

RHYS VINCENT RILEY, aged 33 of Longstone Avenue, Plymouth: Drove on Wolseley road without suitable insurance. Mitigating circumstances. Fined £461. Victim surcharge £184. Court costs £90. Driving record endorsed six points.

BRANDON JAMES PINHEY, aged 28 of Leatfield Drive, Plymouth: Drove electric motorcycle on The Hoe Promenade without due care and attention. Drove electric motorcycle without suitable insurance on two occasions. Drove electric motorcycle otherwise in accordance with a licence on two occasions. Fined £200 Driving record endorsed six points.

ROBBIE MATTHEW HILBORNE, aged 32 of Stowe Gardens, Plymouth: Drove vehicle on Poole Park Road without suitable insurance. Fined £155. Victim surcharge £62,. Court costs £85. Disqualified from driving for six months. Driving record endorsed six points.

ALISON RACHAEL LIST, aged 38 of Robins Way, Plymstock : Drove on Laira Bridge Road while using a hand-held mobile telephone. Mitigating circumstances. Fined £200. Victim surcharge £80. Court costs £90. Driving record endorsed six points.

NIGEL MOORE, aged 68 of Charlotte Street, Plymouth: Failed on two occasions to provide information relating to identity of driver alleged to have been guilty of offence. Fined £200. Victim surcharge £80. Court costs £200. Disqualified from driving for six months. Driving record endorsed six points.

JAYNE KATIE TIPPETT, aged 25 of Thames Gardens, Plymouth: Drove on Saltash Road without due care and attention. Mitigating circumstances. Fined £80. Victim surcharge £32. Court costs £90. Driving record endorsed six points.

LOUISE WILKINSON, aged 33 of Cotswold Avenue, Plymouth: Drove vehicle on Exeter Street without suitable insurance. Drove on Exeter Street whilst disqualified from driving. Court costs £85. Victim surcharge £80. Fined £200. Disqualified from driving for six months.

DRINK/DRUG DRIVE

ANTHONY CHEASTY, aged 43 of Norfolk Road, Plymouth: Drove vehicle on Desborough Road with Benzoylecgonine in blood in excess of specified limit. Court costs £85. Victim surcharge £48. Disqualified from driving for 14 months. Fined £120.

CRAIG ROBERTS, aged 40 of Newcastle Gardens, Plymouth: Drove vehicle on Newcastle Gardens with Benzoylecgonine, in your blood namely 170 micrograms per litre of blood in excess of specified limit. Court costs £85. Victim surcharge £100. Disqualified from driving 12 months. Fined £200.

MAHAMMED RAHMAN, aged 42 of Whittington Street, Plymouth: Drove on North Road West with 67mg of alcohol in 100ml of breath. Court costs £400. Victim surcharge £50. Disqualified from driving for 18 months. Fined £250.

GAVIN JONES, aged 46 of Higher Compton Road, Plymouth: Drove BMW on Widey View whilst unfit to drive through drugs. Court costs £85. Victim surcharge £72. Disqualified from driving 18 months. Fined £180.

ANDREW STEVENSON, aged 33 of Warwick Avenue, Plymouth: Drove on St Levan Road with 69mg of alcohol in 100ml of breath. Court costs £85. Victim surcharge £166.Disqualified from driving for 20 months. Fined £414.\u0009\u0009

SPEEDING

SHAUN FREDERICK DRING, aged 57 of Merrivale Road, Beacon Park: Drove Transit van on A38 at Chudleigh Knighton in excess of 60mph limit. Fined £70. Victim surcharge £30. Driving record endorsed three points.

MARK ROBERT JOHN LAUDER, aged 55 of Ridge Park Avenue, Plymouth: Drove Audi on Old Laira Road in excess of 20mph limit. Fined £40. Victim surcharge £16. Court costs £90. Disqualified from driving for six months. Driving record endorsed three points.

TIMOTHY STEPHEN CHIGNELL, aged 59 of Fore Street, Plymouth: Drove on Old Laira Road in excess of 20mph limit. Fined £145. Victim surcharge £58. Court costs £85. Disqualified from driving for six months. Driving record endorsed three points.

FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH COURT ORDER

LIAM ANDREW WHIFFIN, aged 39 of Citadel Road, Plymouth: Failed to comply with supervision supervision requirements imposed following release from a period of imprisonment by failing to comply with conditions. Fined £50.

CRIMINAL DAMAGE

JAMES WALLACE, aged 46, aged Northesk Street, Plymouth: Criminal damage to window and front door glass pane at Northesk Street. Criminal damage to front door glass pane. Victim surcharge £26. Conditional discharge two years. Compensation £150. Restraining order not to contact named man or visit named property.

DRUNK AND DISORDERLY

GARETH HAM, aged 24 of Norwich Avenue, Plymouth: Drink and disorderly in Ebrington Street. Victim surcharge £16. Fined £40.

ASSAULT

ASHLEY BRIAN MARK REDDING, aged 30 of no fixed abode, Plymouth: Failed to comply with community order by failing to attend unpaid work. Assault by beating of named man. Original offence damage to door belonging to Plymouth Community Homes. Damage to property. Jail for four month suspended for 12 months. Rehabilitation Activity Requirement up to 10 days. Unpaid work 71 hours.

JACK LAMEY, aged 36 of Neath Road, Plymouth: Assault by beating of named woman in St Simons Lane. Criminal damage to property belonging to named woman. Criminal damage to mobile phone worth £270. Community order - Rehabilitation Activity up to 15 days. Unpaid work 80 hours. Restraining order - not to contact named woman nor enter named building or garden until April 2, 2026. Compensation £270.

DAVID CALLICOTT, aged 36 of Wolseley Road, Plymouth: Assaulted named woman in Wolseley Road by beating. Assault by beating second named woman by beating. Caused actual bodily harm to named man. Jailed for 26 weeks. Restraining order not to contact named woman nor enter named street until October 1, 2028. Compensation £150.

SHOPLIFTING

STUART LAMBERT, aged 47 of no fixed abode, Plymouth: Theft of eight bottles alcohol from Morrisons store Pomphlett Road. Court costs £85. Victim surcharge £26. Conditional discharge 12 months.

COLIN WEBB, aged 60 of no fixed abode, Plymouth. Theft of Henry Hoover worth £150 from B&Q in Tavistock Road. Court costs £85. Jailed for six weeks.

GEMMA HOLMAN, aged 43 of Sutherland Road, Plymouth: Theft of steak, mince, steaks and burgers worth £55 from Co-op store, Albert Road. Conditional discharge - 12 months. Victim surcharge £26.

THEFT

LEE WHEELER, aged 49 of Park Avenue, Plymouth: Theft with another of £70 worth of cash from Janner Store in Manor Street. Failed to surrender to police. Court costs £200. Victim surcharge £26. Conditional discharge 12 months. Fined £50.

DRUGS

BRANDON MURRAY, aged 24 of Ham Drive, Plymouth: Possession of cannabis. Court costs £85. Fined £80.

OTHER

CLAIRE LOUISE ROPER, aged 44 of Victoria Road, Plymouth: Caused unnecessary suffering to mastiff type dog known as Athena and a Staffordshire bull terrier type dog known as Hazel by failing to adequately investigate or address the causes of their underweight or poor bodily conditions. Caused unnecessary suffering to mastiff type dog known as Athena and a Staffordshire bull terrier type dog known as Hazel by failing to to provide adequate or effective professional veterinary care and attention for their skin disease. Did not take steps to ensure the needs of an animal - namely a mastiff type dog known as Athena, a Staffordshire bull terrier type dog known as Hazel and a chihuahua type dog known as Apollo - were met to the extent required by good practice in that their need for a suitable environment, their need for a suitable diet including continuous access to an adequate supply of clean fresh drinking water and their need to be protected from pain, suffering, injury or disease. Community order - Mental Health Treatment Requirement for 12 days. Rehabilitation Activity Requirement up to 20 days. Fined £80. Victim surcharge £114. Court costs £400. Order made under Section 34 Animal Welfare Act 2006 to disqualify her from owning, keeping, participating in keeping them and being party to an arrangement under which she is entitled to control or influence the way in which they are kept for seven years.

EDWARD HAMILTON, aged 30 of Lympne Avenue, Plymouth: Obstructing constable in the execution of his duty. Court costs £150. Victim surcharge £26. Conditional discharge 12 months

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