The latest people up before court

A cannabis creator, a man who made offensive calls to police and a teenager who stole hundreds of pounds are some of the cases recently dealt with by Tameside magistrates...

Here's our latest round-up...

Van driver disqualified 

Van driver Ryan Knowles has been banned from the road for 12 months and ordered to carry out 100 hours work by Tameside magistrates.

The 26-year-old Ashton man, of Minto Street, admitted charges of driving while disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence, having no insurance and being in possession of a quantity of cannabis.

The offences all happened on October 15 last year when he was stopped on Whiteacre Road, Ashton.

He must pay £85 court costs plus a £95 victim surcharge.

Magistrates ordered the cannabis be confiscated and destroyed.

Taken off the road

Fifty-year-old motorist Mark Bray has been banned from the road for 12 months.

Tameside magistrates heard he had failed to give a specimen of blood when required to do so in Ashton on September 7 last year.

He was fined £90 plus ordered to pay £50 court costs and a £34 victim surcharge.

His address was given as Schofield Street, Oldham.

Driving ban 

Failing to provide a specimen of breath when required to do so in Ashton on Boxing Day has resulted in Emma Sefton losing her driving licence for 16 months.

The 32-year-old, of Ash Street, Failsworth, admitted the offence and was fined £250 by Stockport magistrates and disqualified from driving for 16 months.

She must also pay a £34 victim surcharge.

Over the limit 

Ashton driver Amy Sheply has been disqualified from driving for 12 months for being over the drink drive limit.

The 25-year-old, of Hillary Avenue, pleaded guilty to the charge after being stopped on December 19 last year at Handforth Dean.

The court heard she was found to have 131 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood exceeding the prescribed limit.

She was fined £300 and ordered to pay a £34 victim surcharge.

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

Drunk and disorderly 

Paul Christy, of Mossley Road, Ashton, has been given a 12 months conditional discharge by Tameside magistrates for being drunk and disorderly.

The 37-year-old pleaded guilty to the offence which had happened on December 13 in Middleton. He must pay court costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £22.

Cannabis creation 

Producing cannabis has cost Darren Faulkner a £320 fine.

The 30-year-old of Middlewood Road, Poynton, pleaded guilty to a charge of producing three cannabis plants at Gamesley in Glossop in September last year. 

He must also pay a £34 victim surcharge. Magistrates ordered the cannabis plants be forfeited and destroyed.

Offensive calls 

Stephen Rogers made 28 phone calls to Greater Manchester Police which were of an indecent or grossly offensive nature, Tameside magistrates were told.

The 59-year-old, of Plain Pitt Street, Hyde, pleaded guilty to the offence which had happened on New Year’s Eve.

He was issued with a community order, fined £120 plus ordered to pay £85 court costs and a £95 victim surcharge.

Assault charge

Tameside magistrates have given Sarah Mellor a 12 months conditional discharge for assault.

The 40-year-old, of Vaghan Road, Whaley Bridge, pleaded guilty to the offence which had happened in the High Peak town on March 10 last year. She was ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £21.

Teen stole cash 

A 16-year-old who stole £380 from two people in Tameside in 2019 has been referred to a youth offender panel for six months.

The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to the charges.

Tameside Youth Court ordered the youths parents/carers to pay a total of £407.89 compensation and court costs.

Court order

A woman who broke a criminal behaviour order by entering Hyde town centre when she was banned from going there has been fined £100.

Roeniece Newby, 36, of Chapel Street, Hyde, admitted the offence and was also ordered to pay £85 court costs and a £34 victim surcharge.

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Tameside Magistrates' Court in Ashton.