Brought to Justice

Apr 26, 2007

The following cases were heard at Cardiff Magistrates' Court: Luke Anthony Peachey, 19, of Station Road, Llandaff North, Cardiff, was fined pounds 150 with pounds 50 court costs and disqualified from driving for two months after pleading guilty to driving without the correct licence and using a car without insurance.

Karen Rhodes, 50, of Old Church Street, Cefn Coed, Merthyr Tydfil, was fined pounds 100 with pounds 50 court costs and had three penalty points added to her driving licence, after admitting failing to comply with a red traffic light.

Mark Sedgwick, 41, of Caerau Lane, Ely, Cardiff, was fined pounds 50 and had six penalty points added to his driving licence after pleading guilty to using a car without insurance.

Andrew Stansfield, 55, of Church Road, Barry, was fined pounds 100 and disqualified from driving for 18 months after he pleaded guilty to driving without a licence and using a car without insurance or an MoT.

Brett Paul Simms, 32, of Glyndwr Road, Ely, Cardiff, was given a 12 month community order, told to carry out 80 hours of unpaid work and pay pounds 60 court costs after pleading guilty to interfering with a car.

Mamadu Djalo, 47, of Mackintosh Place, Roath, Cardiff, was fined pounds 100 with pounds 100 court costs and had six penalty points added to his driving licence after pleading guilty to allowing his car to be used without insurance and permitted an unlicensed driver to drive his car.

Christian Mark Jones, 26, of Tresillian Way, Cardiff Bay, was given a 12-month community order and ordered to carry out 120 hours of unpaid work after he pleaded guilty to entering a chemist and a salon with intent to steal. Kerry John Pearce, 51, of Beechley Drive, Pentrebane, Cardiff, was jailed for 20 weeks and banned from driving for 12 months after pleading guilty to driving while disqualified, using a car without insurance and obstructing a police officer. Shane Newman, 18, of Roundwood, Llanedeyrn, Cardiff, was given an 18 month conditional discharge after pleading guilty to using threatening words or behaviour and criminal damage. Gemma Louise Cook, 24, of Cardiff Road, Bargoed, was fined pounds 60 and had five penalty points added to her driving licence after pleading guilty to speeding.: Man 'swore at officer because he was in pain':A man found himself in court after swearing in pain when a policeman allegedly twisted his injured arm, a court heard. Michael Anderson, 49, admitted using threatening words or behaviour but claimed he only swore when an officer arrested him for trying to retrieve a mobile phone.

Cardiff Magistrates' Court heard Anderson, of Somerset Court, Burnham Avenue, Llanrumney, Cardiff, was clutching a can of lager and trying to get back one of his three mobile phones from the mother of his 22-year-old daughter when police arrived. The court was told the officer 'took hold of his (Anderson's) arm which was in plaster and he began to swear in direct response to the pain.'

Anderson, who appeared before District Judge Gerwyn Watkins wearing a football shirt, has numerous health problems and takes 14 tablets a day, some because of alcohol abuse. District Judge Watkins was told Anderson had turned back to alcohol when he broke his ankle. He was fined pounds 25 and ordered to pay a pounds 15 surcharge.

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