THE following cases were heard at Poole Magistrates' Court:

HEIDI JOHNSON, 43 and of Mandale Close in Bournemouth, admitted assault by beating of an emergency worker, namely a police constable, in Bournemouth on April 16, and driving a motor vehicle with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit, namely Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, in Mandale Road in Bournemouth on April 16. Johnson was disqualified from driving for three years, fined £200, ordered to pay £100 compensation and costs of £85 to the Crown Prosecution Service.

CARTER LIGHT, 24 and of North Street in Wincanton, admitted theft from a shop, namely stealing baby milk to the value of £21.50 from Co-op in Lodbourne Green in Gillingham on June 5. Light was ordered to pay £21.50 compensation.

RORY MAYOH, 31 and of no fixed address, admitted theft from a shop, namely stealing six Haagen Dazs ice creams and two packs of Red Bull to the value of £41.90 from Co-op in Lodbourne Green in Gillingham on June 5. Mayoh was ordered to pay £41.90 compensation.

DARIUSZ KOZLOWSKI, 53 and of West Road in Bournemouth, was found guilty of failing to give information, having been required by or on behalf of the chief officer of police for Dorset, relating to the identification of the driver of a vehicle who was alleged to have been guilty of an offence, on May 8, 2023. Kozlowski got six points on his licence, was fined £600, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £240 and costs of £360 to the Crown Prosecution Service.

CRAIG JACK GARETH LOVE, 21 and of Scarf Road in Poole, was found guilty of failing to give information, having been required by or on behalf of the chief officer of police for Dorset, relating to the identification of the driver of a vehicle who was alleged to have been guilty of an offence, on May 7, 2023. Love was conditionally discharged for a period of six months, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £26 and costs of £200 to the Crown Prosecution Service.

JACK ALEXANDER MARCHANT, 35 and of Bognor Road in Poole, was found guilty of driving a motor vehicle when using a handheld mobile telephone in Wareham Road in Lytchett Matravers on September 8, 2023. Marchant got six points on his licence, was fined £150, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £60 and costs of £200 to the Crown Prosecution Service.

STEPHEN JONATHAN CLARKE, 40 and of no fixed address, admitted failing without reasonable excuse to comply with the requirements of a community order made by Salisbury Magistrates Court. Clarke was handed an eight-week prison sentence suspended for six months.

JAMIE ORION FERGUSON, 38 and of Adeline Road in Bournemouth, admitted failing without reasonable excuse to comply with the requirements of a community order made by Poole Magistrates Court. Ferguson was fined £40.

CRAIG DUNFORD, 46 and of Downlands Close in Downton, admitted driving a motor vehicle when alcohol level above limit, namely 45 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, in Queens Park South Drive in Bournemouth on June 6, and failing to surrender to police / court bail at the appointed time at Poole Magistrates’ Court on September 24. Dunford was disqualified from driving for 14 months, fined £657, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £263 and costs of £85 to the Crown Prosecution Service.

KEVIN TOKELOVE, 42 and of Kimberley Road in Bournemouth, possession of a controlled drug of class B, namely Amphetamine, in Christchurch Road in Bournemouth on September 16. Tokelove was conditionally discharged for a period of six months.

JAMIE SPENCER, 44 and of Chandlers Close in Bournemouth, admitted assault by beating, namely assaulting a woman in Ferndown on February 8. Spencer was handed a community order lasting until November 13, 2025, required to complete 40 hours of unpaid work within 12 months, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £114 and costs of £85 to the Crown Prosecution Service. A restraining order was made, ordering that Spencer does not contact the victim and does not attend a number of locations.