Police found the defendant behind the wheel while dealing with a Covid breach A NORTHWICH man found behind the wheel of his mum s car was more than three times the drink-drive limit. Mark Stuart Johnston, 41, of Runcorn Road, Barnton, was found in the driving seat of the parked Toyota Yaris appearing dishevelled and with slurred speech, Chester Magistrates Court heard on Monday, April 26. Johnston was handed a suspended prison sentence. Empty cans of alcohol were also seen in the passenger seat, prosecutor Michael O Kane told the court. He explained police had gone to an address on Stanley Grove, Northwich, on February 1, for a suspected multiple Covid breach.
Police found the defendant behind the wheel while dealing with a Covid breach A CHESHIRE man found behind the wheel of his mum s car was more than three times the drink-drive limit. Mark Stuart Johnston, 41, of Runcorn Road, Barnton, Northwich, was found in the driving seat of the parked Toyota Yaris appearing dishevelled and with slurred speech, Chester Magistrates Court heard on Monday, April 26. Johnston was handed a suspended prison sentence. Empty cans of alcohol were also seen in the passenger seat, prosecutor Michael O Kane told the court. He explained police had gone to an address on Stanley Grove, Northwich on February 1, for a suspected multiple Covid breach.
Beeston Castle. FIVE men have admitted heritage crimes at Cheshire s Beeston Castle and Roche Abbey in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. All five men, from Tameside, appeared at Chester Magistrates Court on Friday, April 9. They each pleaded guilty to removing, without written consent, objects of archaeological/historical interest found by a metal detector in a protected place. They are all next due to appear before District Judge Nicholas Sanders at Chester Magistrates Court next month, who will decide whether to sentence them or if the case should be moved to Chester Crown Court. Curtis Barlow, 32, of The Quadrant, Droylsden, admitted taking coins and metal artefacts from Roche Abbey between December 13-15, 2019.
Inspectors photos inside the Tuscano takeaway on Whitby Road, Ellesmere Port, during their February visit. THE boss of an Ellesmere Port takeaway who admitted a catalogue of food safety and hygiene failings has been ordered to pay more than £4,000. Saeid Mehdi Hosseini Zavereh, 48, of Whitby Road, Ellesmere Port, previously pleaded guilty at the first opportunity to 11 food safety and hygiene failings at the Tuscano takeaway outlet, which sells wood-fired pizzas, kebabs and burgers. He also admitted a charge of failing to register the food business with the council. Appearing at Chester Magistrates Court for sentencing on Tuesday, March 16, District Judge Nicholas Sanders imposed a £3,000 fine on Zavereh, plus costs totalling more than £1,000.
THE boss of an Ellesmere Port takeaway has pleaded guilty to 11 food safety and hygiene failings. Saeid Mehdi Hosseini Zavereh, 48, of Whitby Road, Ellesmere Port, admitted the offences when he appeared at Chester Magistrates Court on Wednesday, February 17. The court heard he is the one-man band behind the Tuscano takeaway, which sells wood-fired pizzas, kebabs and burgers. But on two separate visits in early 2020, officers from Cheshire West and Chester Council s environmental health team found numerous failings which put staff and customers at risk of food poisoning. Zavereh admitted two counts of failing to ensure food was protected against contamination which was likely to render food unfit for human consumption, two counts of failing to ensure articles/equipment which came into contact with food were in good condition, failing to provide hygienic drying facilities at hand wash basins, failing to to maintain the food premises in a clean condition and good repair,