THE following cases were heard at Poole Magistrates' Court:

SHAUN HODGE, 44 and of Holly Road in Weymouth, admitted common assault of an emergency worker and failing to co-operate with a preliminary test at Holly Road in Weymouth on April 29. Hodge was handed a community order until May 19, 2025, ordered to complete 12 sessions of mental health treatment, complete 150 hours of unpaid work, pay £100 in compensation, pay £400 in prosecution costs and pay a victim surcharge of £114. They were also given four driving penalty points.

LORNA DIBBEN, 45 and of no fixed abode, admitted to driving a motor vehicle with a controlled drug above the specified limit, namely Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, on Magna Road in Bournemouth on August 17. Dibben was conditionally discharged for 12 months, disqualified from driving for three years and must pay a victim surcharge of £26.

JERIN PARSONS, 28 and of Berwick Road in Bournemouth, admitted to driving a motor vehicle when alcohol level above the limit, namely 49 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, on Columbia Road in Bournemouth on September 18. Parsons was disqualified from driving for 15 months, fined £120, ordered to pay £85 in prosecution costs and a victim surcharge of £48.

PAVID SIVAM, 27 and of Wolseley Street in Newport, admitted to driving a motor vehicle when alcohol level above the limit, namely 51 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, on Oxford Road in Bournemouth on September 18. Sivam was disqualified from driving for 15 months, fined £120, ordered to pay £85 in prosecution costs and a victim surcharge of £48.

LUCATO PERCILIANO, 51 and of Durley Gardens in Bournemouth, admitted to using a motor vehicle on a road/ public place without third party insurance and driving while disqualified in Windham Road in Bournemouth on April 28. Using a motor vehicle on a road/ public place without third party insurance and driving while disqualified in Poole Road in Bournemouth on July 15. Drive a vehicle on a road/ public place without due care and attention in Bournemouth on July 15. Driving whilst disqualified and without third party insurance on Holdenhurst Road in Bournemouth on July 16. Perciliano was jailed for 10 weeks and disqualified from driving for 18 months and 35 days. They must pay £485 in prosecution costs.

STEPHEN MATTHEW SMITH, 52 and of Clifford Road in Bournemouth, admitted to failing to comply with the requirements of a community order made by Poole Magistrates’ Court. Smith was sentenced to 28 days in prison suspended for six months. He also admitted to failing to comply with a section 35 direction excluding a person from an area at Fordingbridge on September 21 and failing to surrender to police/ court bail at the appointed time at Southampton Magistrates’ Court on November 19. Smith was conditionally discharged for six months and was ordered to pay £85 in prosecution costs.

KEVIN CRUICKSHANK, 55 and of Queens Road in Mere, admitted to possession of a controlled drug of class A, namely Heroin, in Bournemouth on March 26. Cruickshank was conditionally discharged for 12 months and ordered to pay £85 in prosecution costs and a victim surcharge of £26.

RYAN DIXON, 27 and of Pear Close in Poole, admitted to possession of a controlled drug of class B, namely cannabis/ cannabis resin, driving while disqualified and using a motor vehicle on a road/ public place without third party insurance in Bournemouth on August 16. Dixon was handed a community order until November 20, 2025, ordered to complete a programme for 40 days, disqualified from driving for two years, to pay £85 in prosecution costs and a victim surcharge of £114.

JOSHUA TURTLE, 32, and of Lansdowne Road in Bournemouth, admitted to possession of a controlled drug of class B, namely cannabis/ cannabis resin, in Wellington Road in Bournemouth on September 15. Turtle was fined £250, ordered to pay £85 in prosecution costs and a victim surcharge of £100.