CHRISTOPHER PAUL LAWRENCE JONES aged 26 of Good Road, Poole. Admitted criminal damage to a window belonging to a flat at Good Road, Poole. Community order made. The defendant required to participate, under supervision, the Integrated Domestic Abuse Programme for 27 days. To pay compensation of £50. To pay victim surcharge of £60. Also admitted criminal damage to a window and door glass to a flat at Good Road. Community order as above. To pay compensation of £50.

JOSHUA PETER DURRANT aged 21 of Carsworth Way, Poole. Admitted being in possession of a quantity of cannabis, a class B drug. Discharged conditionally for 18 months. To pay victim surcharge of £15. Costs of £85.

NICHOLAS SCOTT CONNORS aged 27 of Christopher Crescent, Poole. Admitted assaulting a woman by beating. Committed to prison for eight weeks suspended for 12 months. The defendant required to carry unpaid work for 160 hours within the next 12 months. To pay compensation of £150. Also admitted assaulting a man by beating. Sentence as above. To pay compensation of £150. Costs of £85.

SAMANTHA ELISABETE NOKUTHULA NCUBE-AMUNDALA aged 43 of Melbury Avenue, Poole. Admitted three counts of dishonestly obtaining payment of housing benefit and council tax benefit from the Borough of Poole, by not including on a form details of her ownership of and equity in a property in Wolverhampton. Discharged conditionally for two years. To pay victim surcharge of £15. Costs of £300. Also admitted nine counts of failing to notify a local authority of a change of circumstances which would affect entitlement to housing benefit, namely that she was in paid employment. Discharged conditionally for two years. Also admitted failing to notify Borough of Poole that her earnings from employment had increased.