It's the weekend and therefore time for a look at the cases that have recently come before Cornwall's magistrates. Everyone who has been charged with an offence, from the least to the most serious, appears initially before the magistrates.

The most serious cases are then sent to the crown court. If a defendant pleads guilty, they could be sentenced straight away or have the matter put back for a pre-sentence report. If they deny the allegations against them, the case will be adjourned for a trial.

The courts are open to anyone and our reporters attend just like any other member of the public. As most people have jobs and cannot spend their time in court, the media has always acted as the eyes and ears of the public to ensure that justice is seen to be done.

Here's who has been sentenced at the magistrates' court in Bodmin and Truro recently.

Steven Black Vincent

Age: 28

St Giles on the Heath

Drunk and disorderly in a public place. On Wednesday, January 1, at Bodmin in a public place, namely Dunmere Road, Bodmin was guilty, while drunk, of disorderly behaviour.

Assault by beating of an emergency worker. On the same day in Newquay assaulted a police constable, an emergency worker, acting in the exercise of his functions as such a worker, by beating him.

Community order. Rehabilitation activity: 20 Days. Compensation: £50. Fine: £180. Costs to Crown Prosecution Service: £85.

Sarah Ibbotson

Age: 45

Cammock Lane, Settle, North Yorkshire

Exceed a 20 mph speed limit in contravention of a Local Traffic Order. On June 27, 2024, at Plymouth drove a vehicle on the B3214 Laira Narrows towards Embankment, subject of a local traffic order, at a speed exceeding 20 miles per hour.

On the same day and on the same road drove a vehicle at a speed exceeding 20 miles per hour.

Fine: £161. Penalty points for this offence: 3. Costs: £90.

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Jordan Wood

Age: 24

Hillside Park, Bodmin

Possess a knife blade / sharp pointed article in a public place. On November 28 at Fortyfoot, Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, you had with you, without good reason or lawful authority, in a public place an article which had a blade or was sharply pointed, namely a throwing knife with a blade over three inches.

Community order. Rehabilitation activity: 15 Days. Fine: £120. Costs: £85.

Lucy Millard

Age: 41

Sparrow Close, Hayle

Fraud by false representation. Between April 20, 2020, and February 6, 2021, at Hayle, committed fraud in that you dishonestly made a false representation, namely six fraudulent grant application letters of claim to the charity Gardening for the Disabled Trust over a 10-month period, were supported by what are now known to be fraudulent letters and emails from health care professionals from the Carbis bay/Hayle areas, intending to make a gain, namely £3,056 in total, for yourself.

Community order. Rehabilitation activity: 10 Days. Compensation: £960. Fine: £80. Costs: £85. Surcharge: £114.

Jack Harris

Age: 20

Lelant Downs

Drive motor vehicle with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit, Contrary to section 5A(1)(a) and (2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988. On May 18, 2024 at Redruth drove a motor vehicle, on a road, namely Little Sins, when the proportion of a controlled drug, namely Benzoylecgonine, in your blood, namely 431 micrograms per litre of blood, exceeded the specified limit

Also on on the same day and in the same place, drove a vehicle without third party insurance.

Community order. Mental health treatment: 12 Months. Unpaid work: 120 Hours. Obligatory disqualification: 12 months. Costs: £85. Amount of surcharge: £114.

Patience Nkala

Age: 34

Eastmead, Farnborough

Drive motor vehicle when alcohol level above limit. On December 1, 2024 at A30, Camborne, you drove a motor vehicle, after consuming so much alcohol that the proportion of it in your breath, namely 122 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, exceeded the prescribed limit.

Community order. Mental health treatment: 12 Months. Unpaid work: 200 Hours. Driving Disqualification: 30 months.

Jason O'Sullivan

Age: 35

Sea Lane, Hayle

Drive motor vehicle when alcohol level above limit. On December 2, 2024, at A390 in Highertown, Truro drove a vehicle after consuming so much alcohol that the proportion of it in your breath, namely 110 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, exceeded the prescribed limit.

Community order. Unpaid work: 200 hours. Driving Disqualification: 25 Months. Costs to Crown Prosecution Service: £85. Surcharge: £114.

Deborah Regamey

Age: 58

London Apprentice

Drive motor vehicle when alcohol level above limit. On December 3, 2024, on Quintrell Road, Newquay drove a motor vehicle, on Porth Beach Car Park after consuming so much alcohol that the proportion of it in your breath, namely 107 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, 107ug exceeded the prescribed limit.

Community order. Mental health treatment: 12 Months. Driving Disqualification: 48 Months. Fine: £120. Costs to Crown Prosecution Service: £85. Surcharge: £114.

Ben Smith

Age: 29

All Saints Avenue, Bewdley

Use a handheld mobile phone / device while driving a motor vehicle on a road. On the same day and in the same place, used a vehicle when you were using a hand-held mobile telephone.

Fine: £115. Penalty points for this offence: 6.

Charles Bryant

Age: 61

Feliskirk Lane, Marazion

Speeding - motor vehicle exceeded 70 mph on a dual carriageway - manned equipment, contrary to article 2(c) of the 70 Miles Per Hour, 60 Miles Per Hour and 50 Miles Per Hour (Temporary Speed Limit) Order 1977, section 89(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988. On April 21, 2024 at Bodmin drove a motor vehicle on a dual carriageway road, namely A30 (O/B MILLPOOL JUNCTION), at a speed exceeding 70 miles per hour.

Points disqualification: 6 Months, Notional penalty points: 5. Fine: £615.

David Custance

Age: 55

Glenville Close, Nanpean, St Austell

Speeding - exceed 30 mph on restricted road in England - automatic camera device, Contrary to section 81(1) and 89(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988. On May 12, 2024 at Trewoon drove a motor vehicle on the road, namely A3058 Trewoon, at a speed exceeding 30 miles per hour: 'Contrary to section 81(1) and 89(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988.

Fine: £83. Penalty points for this offence: 3.

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