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By Advertiser Reporter A DRUG driver was more than three-times the cannabis limit. Matthew Reynolds, 28, was caught behind the wheel of a BMW 316 pm Enford Avenue, Penhill, on June 17 last year. Tests showed he had 7mcgs of tetrahydrocannabinol and 126mcgs of cocaine biproduct benzoylecgonine in his bloodstream. The limits are 2mcgs and 50mcgs respectively. Appearing before Swindon Magistrates’ Court on Saturday morning, Reynolds, of Bratton Close, Penhill, pleaded guilty to two counts of driving while over the specified limit for controlled drugs. Emma Handslip, defending, said her client had not received the court summons. He was arrested on a warrant issued by the court.
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File image of a steak and, inset, Swindon Magistrates Court Pictures: PEXELS/ADVER A man is accused of threatening to stab his housemate after accusing him of eating his steak. Shaun Cunneen, 40, is also said to have used racist language and brandished a blade as he threatened the man with whom he lived in a shared house in Pinehurst on Thursday, April 8. Appearing before Swindon Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, Cunneen, of Whitworth Road, pleaded not guilty to racially aggravated common assault, racially aggravated assault by beating, common assault and battery. He was bailed with conditions to live at his mother’s house in Liden, banned from going within a mile of his former home in Whitworth Road or contacting prosecution witnesses.
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Arsonist doing time for torching police cars threw blood at prison officer A CONVICTED arsonist threw a cup of his own blood at a prison guard, a court heard. Nicholas Lowe, 57, was Prosecutor Kate Prince told Swindon Magistrates’ Court that the prison officer had knocked at the door of Lowe’s cell on June 24 to tell him he would be escorted down to get his lunch. He returned to the cell and, without warning, Lowe threw a bowl of liquid at him. The officer immediately realised that it was blood. Ms Prince told the justices: “He felt disgusted and appalled and physically sick by his behaviour. He states he was trying to help Mr Lowe.”