COURT ROUND-UP: Theft, fare-dodging and speeding – some of the latest Sunderland cases

Ricky Don Elliott, 45, of Tower Street West, was fined £80 for theft.

Peter Clark, of Basingstoke Road, Peterlee, was fined £60 and ordered to pay £68.50 compensation after being convicted in absence of fare-dodging.

Samir Gutierrez, 49, of High Street South, Langley Moor, Durham was fined £220 and ordered to pay £7.20 compensation after being convicted in absence of fare-dodging.

Hermione Middle, 20, of Saddler Street, Durham, was fined £220 and ordered to pay £214 compensation after being convicted in absence of fare-dodging.

Daniel Heron, 25, of Alwin, Washington, was fined £146 with three penalty points for speeding.

Andrea Briggs, 47, of Violet Street, was given a year’s conditional discharge for theft.

Dermot Guerin, 58, of Buckland Close, Biddick, Washington, was fined £1,959 with nine penalty points for three offences of speeding.

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