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Ilkeston and Erewash cases heard by Derbyshire courts

Cases involving defendants from Ilkeston, Long Eaton, Sawley and Draycott have appeared before Derbyshire’s courts during recent weeks.

The convictions included knife possession, drink and drug-driving, affray, fraud, theft and threatening behaviour.

Ilkeston

Ben Gibson, 33, of Dovedale Circle, Ilkeston, pleaded guilty to driving while over the alcohol limit.

He was disqualified from driving for 12 months, which can be reduced by three months if he completes a safety course. He was also fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 court costs.

Joshua O’Rourke, 18, of Cotmanhay Road, Ilkeston, pleaded guilty to possessing a knife in a public place.

He received a 12-month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months. He must complete 28 days of alcohol abstinence and monitoring and 15 days of rehabilitation activity, as well as paying £85 court costs.

Jodie Higton, 33, of Broomhill Avenue, Ilkeston, pleaded guilty to affray.

She received a 17-week prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, and was placed under an electronically monitored curfew between 8pm and 7am for 12 weeks.

She was also ordered to pay £85 court costs and a £154 victim services surcharge.

Sally Thomas, 60, of Alma Close, Ilkeston, pleaded guilty to driving while over the alcohol limit on the M1/A617 at Heath.

She was disqualified from driving for 38 months, which can be reduced by 38 weeks if she completes a safety course.

Thomas was also fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 court costs and a £48 victim services surcharge.

Long Eaton

Abhishek Vemishetty, 30, of Oxford Street, Long Eaton, pleaded guilty to driving while over the alcohol limit, driving while disqualified and driving without insurance.

He was disqualified from driving for 18 months, reducible by 18 weeks if he completes a safety course.

He was also fined £250 and ordered to pay £200 court costs and a £100 victim services surcharge.

Darren Shackleton, 53, of Florence Avenue, Long Eaton, was found guilty of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour intended to cause harassment, alarm or distress.

A restraining order was imposed preventing him from contacting a named person or visiting a specified address for one year.

He was fined £120 and ordered to pay £300 court costs.

Sinead Higton, 31, of Bennett Street, Long Eaton, pleaded guilty to affray.

She received a 17-week prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, and an electronically monitored curfew between 8pm and 7am for eight weeks.

She must also complete 25 days of rehabilitation activity and pay £85 court costs and a £154 victim services surcharge.

Thomas Eyre, 34, of Nathaniel Road, Long Eaton, pleaded guilty to driving while over the drug limit for cannabis and possessing cannabis.

He was disqualified from driving for 16 months, fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 court costs and a £48 victim services surcharge.

Kevin Summers, 58, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to several theft offences, including stealing coffee worth £20.25 from Iceland in Long Eaton.

He also admitted stealing laundry pods worth £30.94 and other laundry products worth £37.97 from Home Bargains in Long Eaton, as well as electrical items worth £126 from B&M in Chesterfield.

Summers was jailed for 20 weeks and ordered to pay a total of £215.16 in compensation.

Sawley

Leanne Hall, 33, of Draycott Road, Sawley, pleaded guilty to affray.

She received a 17-week prison sentence, suspended for 18 months.

Hall must complete 25 days of rehabilitation activity and pay £85 court costs and a £154 victim services surcharge.

Rob Higton, 53, of Purdy Meadow, Sawley, pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm and affray.

He received a 12-month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months.

Higton was ordered to complete 90 days of alcohol abstinence and monitoring and 25 days of rehabilitation activity. He must also pay £800 compensation, £85 court costs and a £187 victim services surcharge.

Draycott

Daniel Chapman, 35, of Town End Road, Draycott, pleaded guilty to fraud by abuse of position.

The court heard that, while working as an account administrator, he spent £8,707.54 from a company credit card and petty cash on personal holidays, travel and accommodation.

Chapman failed to appear in court and a warrant was issued for his arrest.

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