Wigan's Week In Court

Round-up of people brought before Wigan and Leigh Magistrates ...
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Janos Mazar (42): Grenfell Cose, Wigan: Kept an unlicensed vehicle on a public road - Discharged conditionally for 12 months, order to pay back vehicle excise duty of £217, pay costs of £90.

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Morgan Brown (18): Causey Road, Hindley - Drink driving in a Ford Transit van on Riverway, Wigan, with 55 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, with the legal limit being 35 microgrammes: Fined £225, pay a surcharge to fund victim services of £30, pay costs of £85 to the Crown Prosecution Service, disqualified from driving for 12 months.

William Finch (32): No fixed address - Assaulted a police officer in the execution of his duty in Wigan: Nine-month community order with rehabilitation activity requirement, fined £10, pay £50 compensation.

Andrew James Williams (47): Knowsley Avenue, Golborne - Possession of amphetamine, a controlled drug of class B: Fined £200, pay a surcharge to fund victim services of £30, pay costs of £85 to the Crown Prosecution Service.

Patrick Cavan Glover (21): Bolton Square, Scholes - Stole clothing to the value of £32 belonging to Sports Direct, possession of a knife at Sports Direct in Wigan, committing an offence while a community order was in place for a vehicle offence: Jailed for eight weeks, suspended for 12 months, pay a surcharge to fund victim services of £115, pay costs of £85 to the Crown Prosecution Service.

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Patrick Joseph Hart (42): Manor Street, Wigan - Used towards a PCSO threatening or abusive words or behaviour, failed to surrender at court: Discharged conditionally for six months, pay a surcharge to fund victim services of £20.

Craig Sean Christy (31): Ratcliffe Street, Springfield - Failed without reasonable excuse to comply with the requirements of a community order given for criminal damage: Jailed for 12 weeks, suspended for 12 months.

Harry Alexander Dickinson (24): Sandy Lane, Orrell - Drink driving in an Audi A3 on Manchester Road, Wigan, with 88 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, with the legal limit being 35 microgrammes: Fined £337, pay a surcharge to fund victim services of £33, pay costs of £85 to the Crown Prosecution Service, disqualified from driving for 20 months.

Daniel Lee Etherington (31): Adams Drive, Worsley Mesnes - Drink driving in a Ford Focus on Mesnes Drive, Wigan, with 73 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, with the legal limit being 35 microgrammes: Fined £270, pay a surcharge to fund victim services of £30, pay costs of £85 to the Crown Prosecution Service, disqualified from driving for 22 months.

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Colin Vincent Hoyle (48): Crompton Street, Wigan - Made 51 indecent photos of a child in all three categories of seriousness: Guilty pleas given and sent to Bolton Crown Court for sentencing on May 2.

Jason Smith (39): Ladies Lane, Hindley - Stole £2,364 cash belonging to Philip Doolan: Jailed for 26 weeks, suspended for 12 months, rehabilitation requirement, pay £2,364 compensation, pay a surcharge to fund victim services of £115.

Paul James Pugh (42): No fixed address - Entered as a trespasser at Whelley Labour Club and stole a television worth £180, committed an offence while subject of a suspended sentence order given for assault and intent to steal: Jailed for 23 weeks, suspended for one year.

Simon David Rosser (36): Ripon Avenue, Springfield - Assaulted Michael Bray by beating him: Community order for 12 months with alcohol treatment requirement for six months, pay £250 compensation to the victim, pay a surcharge to fund victim services of £85, pay costs of £85 to the Crown Prosecution Service.