RECENT cases dealt with by Taunton Magistrates' Court include:

Jamie John Fudge, 18, Buces Road, Galmington, Taunton, driving without insurance, £120 fine, £34 victim surcharge, £85 costs, disqualified from driving for six months; driving without a licence, no separate penalty, driving without a test certificate, no separate penalty; driving a motorbike without protective headgear, no separate penalty. (G)

Philip Russel Lee, 32, Old Taunton Road, Bridgwater, theft, £104.35 compensation; theft, £2 compensation. (G)

Bradley David Thomas, 25, Trevor Smith Place, Taunton, drink driving, £120 fine, £34 victim surcharge, £85 costs, disqualified from driving for 22 months; permitting someone to drive a car without insurance, £120 fine; permitting someone to drive a car without a test certificate, no separate penalty; riding a motorbike without headgear, no separate penalty. (G)

Ethan Twynham, 19, Thomasville, Penyrheol, Caerphilly, stole radiators, £250 fine, £34 victim surcharge, £85 costs. (G)

James Michael Lewis Richards, 32, Deane Drive, Galmington, Taunton, possession of a class B drug, £198 fine; drug driving, £298 fine, £34 victim surcharge, £85 costs, 10 points on licence. (G)

Michael John Dolman, 67, Bailiffs Close, Axbridge, injured Charles Peel and failed to stop during a road traffic accident, 14 weeks suspended sentence for 12 months, 150 hours unpaid work, £122 victim surcharge, £500 costs, disqualified from driving for 12 months; not providing name and address or reporting the accident within 24 hours, driving without a licence, 14 weeks concurrent suspended sentence for 12 months, 150 hours unpaid work; driving without insurance, driving without due care and attention, no separate penalty.

Ashley Edward Reeves, 24, no fixed abode, assault, community order, £250 compensation. (G)

Joanna Opara, 42, Priory Bridge Road, Taunton, drink driving, £500 fine, £50 victim surcharge, £85 costs, disqualified from driving for 24 months. (G)

Melissa Jane Rennolds, 24, Trull, Somerset, stole laundry detergents, £40 fine, £32 victim surcharge; stole meat, no separate penalty. (G)

Chantelle Metcalfe, 30, Chatsworth Drive, Bridgwater, drink driving, community order, £100 fine, £95 victim surcharge, disqualified from driving for 24 months. (G)

G) denotes guilty plea or admits offence. Details supplied by the courts.