The latest cases heard by Tameside magistrates include a man banned from football games and a firm ordered to pay more than £18,000.

Man banned from football games 

An Ashton man has been banned from attending football matches for three years.

Ryan Street, 27, of Taunton Road, Ashton, pleaded guilty to a charge of throwing a plastic bottle with liquid inside at or towards an area where spectators were present.

The offence was committed at the Nottingham Forest City Ground on January 25 this year, when Nottingham Forest hosted Manchester United in the English League Cup semi-final first leg match.

Manchester United won the game 3-0.

The charge against Street was brought under the Football (Offences) Act 1991.

At Manchester City Magistrates’ Court he was also fined £100, plus ordered to pay court costs of £85 and a £40 victim surcharge.

The order required the offender to report to Ashton Police Station within five days.

Firm must pay more than £18,000

A High Peak company has been ordered to pay more than £18,000 in fines and court costs.

Legal action was brought against J E Morton Limited, based at Tunstead Milton between Whaley Bridge and Chapel-en-le-Frith, by United Utilities.

The company was charged with two counts of discharging trade effluent in contravention of conditions under section 121 of the Water Industry Act 1991.

Stockport Magistrates’ Court heard that the released effluent contained a higher degree of Nitrogen than permitted under the conditions.

The company pleaded guilty to two separate charges, the first relating to February 1, 2019 and the second happening on April 19, 2014.

Magistrates fined the company a total of £9,015 for both offences, plus ordered court costs of £9,000 also be paid. A victim surcharge of £170 must also be paid - a grand total of £18,185.

The company is branded as one of the largest AdBlue manufacturing sites in the UK, supplying AdBlue and equipment, plus Urea solutions for specialist industrial equipment.

Disqualification from driving

Motorist Muhammad Yusuf, 33, of Chapel Street, Hyde, has been disqualified from driving for 12 months for being over the drink drive limit.

He admitted the offence when he appeared before Tameside magistrates.

The court heard he had been stopped on Buxton Road in Derbyshire on January 10 this year and was found to have 40 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, exceeding the prescribed limit. The legal limit is 35.

He was fined £120, plus ordered to pay £85 court costs and a £48 victim surcharge.

The driving disqualification can be reduced by three months if a driving course is successfully completed.

Ordered to pay for pub damage

Tameside magistrates ordered Michael Quinn to pay £750 compensation and carry out 60 hours unpaid work for causing damage at a pub.

The court heard the 34-year-old, of Shakespeare Road, Bredbury, caused criminal damage at the Barnhouse Public House in Stockport on April 3 this year.

He pleaded guilty to the offence and was given a Rehabilitation Activity Order, meaning he must comply with the instructions of an officer for up to a maximum of 25 days.

No order for court costs was made, the payment of compensation being the priority.

Twice over legal drink drive limit

Darren James was exactly two times over the legal drink drive limit when motoring along Mottram Old Road, Hyde, on April 2, Stockport magistrates heard.

The 47-year-old, of King Edwards Road, Hyde, pleaded guilty to the offence and was banned from the road for 40 months and fined £120.

He was found to have 70 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.

The legal limit is 35.

He must pay £85 court costs and a victim surcharge of £48.

The driving disqualification can be reduced by 40 weeks if a driving course is successfully completed.

Brakes put on dangerous driver

Denton driver Baylee Taylor admitted driving dangerously along Tameside roads.

Tameside magistrates heard the matter related to the defendant driving a Ford Transit Connect along Cemetery Road, Stockport Road, Town Lane and Circular Road on August 20 last year.

Pleading guilty to the charge, magistrates ordered the defendant, aged 24 and from Yew Tree Lane, to carry out 200 hours unpaid work.

They were disqualified from driving for 15 months.

Stolen items from WH Smiths

Manchester City magistrates issued Gorton man Tyrell Elemosho with a community order.

The 27-year-old, of Shelford Avenue, Gorton, pleaded guilty to stealing electrical products worth a total of £73.30 from a Manchester WH Smith shop.

He was ordered to pay £73.30 compensation and also issued with a Rehabilitation Activity Order, meaning he must comply with the instructions of an officer for a maximum of up to ten days.

Two year driving disqualification for being over limit

Tameside magistrates disqualified Beverly Harris from driving for two years for being over the drink drive limit.

The 39-year-old, of The Stables, Simmondley in Glossop was found to have 97 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35.

The offence happened on July 15 last year on the M67.

Magistrates ordered her to carry out 80 hours unpaid work, plus pay court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £114.

The driving disqualification can be reduced by 24 weeks if a driving course is successfully completed.

Man had offensive weapon in public

A man found in possession of a cosh in a public place in Ashton has appeared before Tameside magistrates.

Paul Troy, 54, admitted having the cosh at Cranbrook Gardens on January 3, 2022, although he initially denied the offence.

Magistrates fined him £60 and ordered him to pay £85 court costs and a victim surcharge of £95.

The court ordered the offensive weapon be forfeited and destroyed.

The defendant was given a Rehabilitation Activity Order, meaning he must attend appointments as instructed by an officer for a maximum of 15 days.

His address was given as St Mary’s Square, Gloucester.

Pair guilty of being drunk and disorderly

Two Ashton men have been given six month conditional discharges for being drunk and disorderly.

Both pleaded guilty to the offence relating to an incident on Whiteacre Road in Ashton on March 29 this year.

Craig Hadfield, 40,  must pay court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £26.

Craig Long, 38, was ordered to pay £85 court costs.

Their addresses were given as c/o Burlington Street, Ashton.

Motorist fined more than £500 for drink drive charge

High Peak driver Jonathan Hopkins has been banned from the road for 20 months for driving over the legal limit.

The 33-year-old, of Watford Bridge Road, New Mills, was found driving along High Hills Road, New Mills, with 64 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35.

He pleaded guilty to the charge and at Stockport magistrates was fined £576, plus ordered to pay court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £230.

The driving disqualification can be reduced by 20 weeks if a driving course is satisfactorily completed.

Compensation claim

Daniel Meredith, 33, of Ashton Old Road, Openshaw, damaged a car window causing £75 damage, Manchester City Magistrates’ Court was told.

He pleaded guilty to the offence committed on April 3 in Manchester.

He also admitted a further charge of obstructing a police constable in the execution of his duty on the same date.

Magistrates fined him £120, plus ordered him to pay £75 compensation and court costs of £85.

Damaged church screen

Manchester City magistrates handed Kabir Islam from Stalybridge a 12 months conditional discharge for causing £50 damage to a property in Manchester.

The 29-year-old, of Melbourne Street, Stalybridge, pleaded guilty to causing the damage to a perspex screen at Oldham Road Methodist Church on February 21 this year.

He was ordered to pay £50 compensation plus must pay court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £26.

Man guilty of supplying drugs

Adam Mather was ordered to carry out 40 hours unpaid work by Tameside magistrates for supplying a quantity of cannabis.

The 34-year-old, of Chariot Street, Openshaw, pleaded guilty to supplying the class B drug on October 21, 2020 in Manchester.

He was given a Rehabilitation Activity, meaning he must comply with the instructions of an officer for up to ten days.

He was ordered to pay court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £95.

Driver was over drug drive limit

Tameside magistrates disqualified Andrew Bate, 32, of Connery Crescent, Ashton, from driving for 12 months.

He admitted a charge of being over the drug drive limit on October 2 last year when driving in Stafford.

Magistrates fined him £250 and ordered him to pay court costs of £85.

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