Assaulting police officers and drink driving - a round up of recent Sunderland court cases
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Kevin Burrell, 58, of no fixed address, received an 18-week jail term, which was suspended for 12 months, was fined £80 and ordered to pay a £128 victim surcharge and £85 prosecution costs after he admitted committing assault in Sunderland on January 28.
Brad Middleton, 24, of Store Terrace, Easington Lane, was banned from driving for a year, placed on a community order and ordered to pay £25 compensation, a £90 victim surcharge and £85 prosecution costs after he admitted drug driving, taking a vehicle without consent, driving without a valid licence and driving without insurance on November 23 last year.
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Hide AdLee Alan Ruddick, 33, of Priors Grange, High Pittington, near Durham City, received five penalty points on his licence, was fined £80 and ordered to pay a £32 victim surcharge and £85 prosecution costs after admitting careless driving on February 13.
Joshua Gibbons, 18, of Baden Crescent, Town End Farm, Sunderland, was banned from driving for a year, fined £150 and ordered to pay a £32 victim surcharge and £85 prosecution costs after admitting taking a car without the owner’s consent, driving without insurance and driving without a valid licence on November 2 last year.
Leslie Mills, 56, of Longfield Road, Sunderland, was banned from driving for 12 months, fined £150 and ordered to pay a £32 victim surcharge and £85 prosecution costs after admitting drug driving and possessing cannabis on September 19 last year.
Scott Armstrong, 24, of Silloth Road, Sunderland, was fined £583 and ordered to pay £75 compensation, a £58 victim surcharge and £85 costs after admitting assaulting a male police officer on January 16.
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Hide AdGavin Warcup, 24, of Fountains Crescent, Houghton, was fined £276 and ordered to pay £160 compensation, a £32 victim surcharge and £85 prosecution costs after admitting assault and causing criminal damage to a garden fence on December 22 last year.