Caught with cocaine and stealing fake tan - a round up of some of the latest Sunderland court cases

Jordan Ramsey, 27, of Hylton Road, Sunderland, was jailed for 15 weeks after he admitted breaching the terms of a community order in August 2018 by failing to attend unpaid work following a previous court sentence.

Stephen Mark Ramshaw, 50, of Maple Avenue, Silksworth, Sunderland, was fined £80 and ordered to pay a £32 victim surcharge, £80 costs and £250 compensation after admitting committing assault, criminal damage and causing harassment, alarm or distress on June 3 and an additional charge of criminal damage on January 22. He must also complete a 30-day building better relationships programme as part of a community order.

Michael Neil Jennings, 33, of Woodside, Ashbrooke, Sunderland, received a six-month conditional discharge and was ordered to pay a £21 victim surcharge after he admitted possessing class A drug cocaine on November 17 last year.

Suzanne Innes, 33, of St Leonard’s Street, Hendon, Sunderland, received a 16-week jail sentence, which was suspended for up to a year, and was ordered to pay a £128 victim surcharge after she admitted committing three thefts totalling £373.11 of items from Wilko, Farm Foods and Sainsbury’s between March 22-May 17. The goods taken included deodorants, candles, jewellery and fake tan.

Aaron Richardson, 30, of Ridley Street, Hendon, Sunderland, was ordered to complete 200 hours of unpaid work as part of a 12-month community order and pay £500 in compensation after admitting one count of stealing a pedal cycle worth £250 on February 18 and another of stealing a pedal cycle worth £250 after burgling a property on May 28.

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