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5 Salisbury people fined after possessing cocaine A NUMBER of people have been fined in court, some even disqualified from driving, after their involvement with cocaine. Offences involving the class A drug included possession and driving under the influence. Here are some of the drug-based cases heard at Salisbury Magistrates Court between December 30, 2020, and April 30.
JAMES ALEXANDER RATHBONE, aged 39, of Middleton Road, Salisbury, pleaded guilty to driving a Mazda in Salisbury while unfit to do so through drugs on November 26, 2019. On the same day Rathbone possessed two small snap bags each containing 0.4g of cocaine. He was fined £120 and was ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £32 and costs of £85. He was disqualified from holding a driving licence for 12 months.
Salisbury Law Courts A BUS driver heading from Andover to Salisbury was left angry and upset when they were racially abused last summer. Now, Tyler Morgan, aged 31, of Shears Drive, Amesbury, has pleaded guilty to the racially aggravated offence, and must pay £200 in compensation. On the morning of June 7, the driver of a Stagecoach bus, on the Activ8 service from Andover to Salisbury, had been subjected to racial abuse from Morgan. Police officers released a witness appeal at the time asking for information to identify Morgan, who was captured on CCTV footage from the bus. Acting on information provided by members of the public, police identified Morgan who was interviewed at Amesbury Police Station in August last year, before being reported for a public order offence at that time.