FROM drink drivers to coercive controllers, it has been another busy week in Southend and Basildon courts. The magistrates courts in both towns have been handing down justice to those that have wronged society in some shape or form. Here is a rundown of the key cases heard this week.
Benjamin Harrison has been fined for a string of harassment offences and failing to surrender to court. Harrison has been spared jail after the string of offences in 2019 and 2020. The 40-year-old, of no fixed address, first harassed a man on September 26, 2019 where he used abusive and threatening words and behaviour to cause him serious distress.
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Here is a rundown of some of the key cases heard at Basildon and Southend Magistrates Courts.
Harvey Joyce, 23, of Redgrave Road, Basildon, admitted driving with no licence or insurance after being stopped on January 16 this year in Redgrave Road. He was fined £120, but Basildon Magistrates’ Court gave him no ban, due to “exceptional hardship” of a pregnant wife and having to care for his dementia-stricken grandmother. Joyce was given six penalty points.
Steve George, 30, of Meadgate, Basildon, admitted harassing the woman between March 19 and 30 this year. At Basildon Magistrates’ Court he was given 100 hours unpaid work and 20 days rehabilitation following the case.