ASHLEY PALMER aged 22 of River Way, Christchurch. Admitted driving a Ford Fiesta at Courtenay Road with 90 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. Fined £175. To pay victim surcharge of £20. Costs of £85. Disqualified from holding a driving licence for 12 months. To be reduced by 90 days of the defendant satisfactorily completes a course approved by the Secretary of State.

JASON FRANCIS DUXBURY aged 42 of Purewell Gardens, Christchurch. Pleaded not guilty but found guilty of wilfully obstructing a police constable in the execution of his duty. Discharged conditionally for nine months. Costs of £100. Also admitted failing to surrender to custody at Bournemouth Magistrates Court having been released on bail. Discharged conditionally for nine months.

DAVID DOUGLAS PECKHAM aged 27 of The Grove, Christchurch. Admitted the theft of Ryobi Power Tools belonging to B&Q. Committed to prison for 18 weeks suspended for 12 months. The defendant to be under curfew for three months and be electronically monitored. To pay victim surcharge of £60. Costs of £85. Also admitted two charges of stealing pedal cycles at the Littledown Centre. Committed to prison for 18 weeks concurrent with above, for each offence, suspended for 12 months. Also sentenced for original offences in respect of which a community order was made on March 14: stealing a 40-inch Polaroid TV worth £269 from Asda, Bournemouth; stealing two Dyson vacuum cleaners to the value of £559.98 from Currys, Bournemouth; stealing Paco Rabanne fragrance to the value of £70 from Debenhams, Winchester – Committed to prison for 18 weeks concurrent with above, for each offence, suspended for 12 months. Also sentenced for offence in respect of which a community order was made on April 19 – theft of a pedal cycle from the Moon in the Square, Bournemouth – committed to prison for 18 weeks concurrent with above, suspended for 12 months.

TONY CHRISTOPHER HARVEY aged 22 of Plantation Drive, Walkford. Admitted assault by beating. Fined £100. To pay compensation of £25. Victim surcharge of £20. Costs £150. Also admitted using violence to secure entry to premises at Glenville Road, Walkford. Fined £55. Also admitted another charge of assault by beating. Fined £100. To pay compensation of £25.

CAROL ANN WILSON of Somerford Road, Somerford. Admitted stealing toiletries to the value of £113.09 from Boots in Christchurch High Street. Community order made. To have treatment for drug dependency as non-resident patient for six months. To pay victim surcharge of £60. Also admitted committing a further offence while subject to conditional discharge imposed by East Dorset Magistrates. No adjudication – dealt with for original offence. Also sentenced for original offences in respect of which a conditional discharge was made on March 14: theft of meat to the value of £38.55 from Tesco at Riverside Avenue, Bournemouth, and failing to surrender to custody at Bournemouth Magistrates Court. Community order made as abov