Using the Metro without paying, environmental offences and drink driving: Defendants from Sunderland dealt with by magistrates

The following cases were heard at South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court:

Daniel Harper, 23, of Park Avenue, Sunderland, admitted using the Metro without paying the fare. He was fined £53 and ordered to pay costs of £100 and a surcharge of £30.

Victoria Nesbit, 38, of Sunnybrow, New Silksworth, Sunderland, was fined £220 after admitting travelling on a train without paying the fare. She was also ordered to pay costs of £150, compensation of £8.60 and a £30 surcharge.

Clifford Shee, 55, of Bright Street, Sunderland, was ordered to pay almost £13,000 after admitting environmental offences. He pleaded guilty to running a waste operation at Birtley between September 2017 and January 2018 without an environmental permit, to keeping hazardous and non-hazardous waste in a manner likely to cause harm or pollution and failing to comply with waste information requirements. He was fined £1,999 and ordered to pay £10,800 costs and a surcharge of £120.

Mark James Herron, 52, of Bedford Place, Sunderland, was fined £40 after he admitted speeding. He was ordered to pay £85 costs and a £30 surcharge.

James Byron Duffell, 27, of Middleton Close, Seaham, was fined £202 after he admitted driving with excess alcohol. He was told to pay £85 costs and a £32 surcharge. He was given six penalty points. He was not banned from driving because of special reasons for moving the vehicle.

Caroline Lamb, 36, of Agar Road, Sunderland, admitted failing to provide a breath sample and driving without insurance. She was fined £120 and banned from driving for 12 months. She was ordered to pay £320 costs and a surcharge of £32.