THE crown courts will always get a lot of coverage for having the most serious criminal cases come through them. But along with the crown courts, magistrates courts have been continuing to process the other types of crimes throughout the pandemic. While some of these cases are not as serious as the ones in crown court, they still require punishment and in places prison sentences. Here is a list of people sentenced at Chelmsford, Basildon and Southend Magistrates Courts between March 26 and now.
Carl Churchley, 32, of Chancellor Road, Southend appeared at Basildon Magistrates Court where he admitted breaching his community order by failing to comply with his curfew or give a valid reason for doing so. His order was continued to last until September this year.
Paul Haggerty has admitted aggravated vehicle taking following the incident in Basildon on March 3 this year. The 30-year-old of Long Riding, Basildon took a woman’s grey Honda Jazz without her permission. He then drove the car along Timberlog Lane in the town, and his driving was so bad he ended up crashing into a tree on the road. He got out of the car and waited at the scene until police arrived, where he confessed to the crimes. Haggerty was breathalysed by the police and he was found to have 55 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath, which is over the limit of 50 microgrammes.
A DAFT crook stole a credit card and then tried to buy trainers worth hundreds of pounds online. Liam Martin tried twice to buy expensive trainers from JD Sports for himself with a card he had stolen from another man. The 19-year-old of Beambridge, Pitsea stole the card along with a Apple MacPro computer from a man in Basildon in March 2019. Martin then tried to use the card twice on March 27 on the JD Sports website in the hope of buying two pairs of trainers, worth a total of £224.98. On the same day, Martin went to convenience stores in Basildon and tried to buy various different items of food and drink, using the card by contactless payments.
A DAFT crook stole a credit card and then tried to buy trainers worth hundreds of pounds online. Liam Martin tried twice to buy expensive trainers from JD Sports for himself with a card he had stolen from another man. The 19-year-old of Beambridge, Pitsea stole the card along with a Apple MacPro computer from a man in Basildon in March 2019. Martin then tried to use the card twice on March 27 on the JD Sports website in the hope of buying two pairs of trainers, worth a total of £224.98. On the same day, Martin went to convenience stores in Basildon and tried to buy various different items of food and drink, using the card by contactless payments.
A DAFT crook stole a credit card and then tried to buy trainers worth hundreds of pounds online. Liam Martin tried twice to buy expensive trainers from JD Sports for himself with a card he had stolen from another man. The 19-year-old of Beambridge, Pitsea stole the card along with a Apple MacPro computer from a man in Basildon in March 2019. Martin then tried to use the card twice on March 27 on the JD Sports website in the hope of buying two pairs of trainers, worth a total of £224.98. On the same day, Martin went to convenience stores in Basildon and tried to buy various different items of food and drink, using the card by contactless payments.