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Swindon Crown Court A CRICKLADE man who failed to show up at court earlier this month said he’d buried his head in the sand. Shane Allen, 31, had been due before Swindon Crown Court in early May for sentence after he earlier admitted charges of threatening behaviour and possession of a baseball bat in Fullers Avenue, Cricklade, on August 10, 2019.a When he failed to show up, Judge Jason Taylor QC issued a warrant for his arrest – prompting Appearing before Judge Taylor on Tuesday, Allen, of Cherry Tree Road, Cricklade, admitted failing to surrender to the court. Apologising to the judge, he said matters in his personal life had “got on top” of him. He said of failing to attend court: “I know it wasn’t the right thing to do but at the time the best thing in my head was to bury my head in the sand and forget about it.”
A DRUG dealer made more than £100,000 from his illegal enterprise. But this week a judge at Swindon Crown Court ruled
Darren Walcott would only have to pay back £4,099. A proceeds of crime hearing on Tuesday heard that prosecutors and Walcott’s lawyers had agreed that the 41-year-old had amassed assets worth £109,279.04 from his drug dealing. Recorder James Watson QC ruled that the “available amount” – the money that could be seized under Proceeds of Crime Act rules – was the £4,099 already in the possession of the police. The judge set a nominal 28 days for the money to be paid. Walcott faces a 10 week period in prison in default if the cash is not transferred.
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Swindon Crown Court A dad-of-two who breached a non-molestation order within weeks of its imposition was spared a prison sentence. Liam Knapman claimed he’d been invited to his former partner’s home around four times after the civil court order was imposed last March. But Judge Jason Taylor QC said the 24-year-old had been “stupid” to accept any invitation by the woman as it was “his head that’s on the block”. Prosecutor Charles Digby told Swindon Crown Court that Knapman’s former partner had obtained the non-molestation order in March 2020. On April 17 – a month after the order was imposed - he was said to have gone to her home mid-morning and stayed for the rest of the day.