• A BASINGSTOKE woman has been fined for failing to attend supervision appointments following release from prison.

On March 17 and April 7 and 14, Tracey Joanne Donnelly, of May Place hostel, failed to attend planned appointments.

The supervision was mandated as part of her release from a period of imprisonment.

At Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court, the 47-year-old admitted the breach and was fined £40. She must also pay costs of £10.

  • A ROOKSDOWN woman has admitted to drug driving in the town last year.

On December 12, 2021, Aimee-Rose Smith, of Blackmoor Drive, was driving along Winchester Road with 101 micrograms of cocaine product Benzoylecgonine per litre of blood. The limit is 50.

In addition, the 21-year-old had 6.9 micrograms of cannabinoid THC per litre of blood. The limit is 2.

At Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court, Smith admitted to both offences.

She was fined £80, plus costs of £40 and a £34 surcharge.

She was also disqualified from driving for 12 months.

  • A BASINGSTOKE man has admitted to assaulting a woman in the town.

On June 6, Dmitrijs Romanuks, of Parkside Road, assaulted the woman by beating her.

At Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court, the 37-year-old admitted to the offence.

He was also arrested for a breach of bail conditions, in that it was a condition of his bail not to contact the woman or enter the area where she lives, but he did so anyway.

He admitted to this breach on June 13.

Romanuks has been remanded on conditional bail until his next hearing at the same court on July 20.

  • A HOOK man has been handed a community sentence after admitting to making indecent photographs of children.

Jack Palmer, of Rectory Road, committed three such offences between October 1, 2019 and October 24, 2020. Specifically, making two images of Category C and one of Category B.

At Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court on June 15, the 28-year-old pleaded guilty to all three offences.

He was handed a community order which consists of 30 rehabilitation activity days, a 90-day alcohol abstinence monitoring programme, and 150 hours of unpaid work.

He must also report to Basingstoke Police Station periodically for the next five years, and the court ordered forfeiture and destruction of his Google Pixel mobile device.

Palmer must also pay costs of £85 and a £95 surcharge.

  • A MAN has been given a community order for verbally abusing a woman in Basingstoke last year.

Richard John Reynolds, of Saffron Court, Farnborough, used threatening, abusive or insulting words towards the woman on June 5, 2021, with the intent to cause her to believe she was at risk of violence against her.

At Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court on June 13, 2022, the 35-year-old pleaded guilty to the offence.

A community order was made which requires him to complete a 29-day Building Better Relationships programme and up to 15 rehabilitation activity days.

Reynolds must also not contact the woman directly or indirectly, and was ordered to pay compensation of £150.

  • A BASINGSTOKE man has been fined for speeding last year.

On June 9, 2021, Harrison Ethan Cohen, of Hutchins Way, was driving a Mini on the A3 southbound at Tolworth Junction, Kingston-Upon-Thames at a speed exceeding the 50mph limit.

At Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court on June 15, the 21-year-old was handed a £92 fine, plus costs of £85 and a £34 surcharge.

His driving record was also endorsed with six penalty points.

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