A 33-year-old Cirencester man who assaulted a police officer by putting his hands around his neck has avoided an immediate jail term - even though it was his third such offence. Daniel Clements of Victoria Road, Cirencester, pleaded guilty at Cheltenham Magistrates Court on January 12, to assaulting PC Webb by beating him during the execution of his duties as an emergency worker in Cirencester on November 2, last year. The magistrates sentenced him to 12 weeks jail suspended for a year. They said a prison term was necessary, albeit suspended, because Clements had put his hands around the officer s neck and had two previous offences on his record for assaulting officers. Also because he was subject to a community order at the time.
A 50-YEAR-OLD Cirencester man who worked as a bouncer at two bars in the town when he was not licensed as a doorman has been ordered to pay £582 in fines, costs and surcharges. Stephen Stuckle of Melmore Gardens, pleaded guilty at Cheltenham Magistrates Court on December 15 to engaging in licensable conduct as a door supervisor at Stoney s Winebar and the Mad Hatter s Bar between February 29 and March 29 this year when he did not have a valid Security Industry Authority licence. The magistrates fined him £250 and ordered him to pay £300 costs and a £32 surcharge. They allowed him until January 8 to pay the total.