RECENT cases dealt with by Taunton Magistrates’ Courts include.

Magdalena Nina Kawczynska, 41, of Winchester Street, Taunton, theft, 12 months conditional discharge, £15 victim surcharge, £85 costs. (G).

Marian Zdzislaw Blotko, 40, of Byron Road, Taunton, theft, community order, 100 hours unpaid work, £500 compensation. (G).

Simon William James Lee, 28, of Stoney Furlong, Taunton, assault by beating, community order, three months curfew, £50 compensation, £60 victim surcharge, £85 costs; used threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour, failed to surrender to bail, community order, three months curfew; drunk and disorderly, no separate penalty. (G).

Piotr Wasilewski, 29, of Russett Road, Taunton, theft, community order, 200 hours unpaid work, £4,000 compensation, £60 victim surcharge. (G).

Neil Leakey, 48, of Horner Road, Taunton, assault by beating, absolute discharge, £85 costs. (G).

Derrick Adam Lock, 24, of Trevor Smith Close, Taunton, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, community order, 60 hours unpaid work, £60 victim surcharge, £200 costs.

Daniel James Cain, 19, of East Reach, Taunton, theft, £73 fine, £20 victim surcharge, detained in the courthouse. (G).

Carl Dean Gregory, 37, of Hamilton Road, Taunton, three counts of theft, breached a community order for theft, community order, £92.48 compensation. (G).

Terrence Harvey, 55, c/o Wood Street, Taunton, theft, 14 days prison; theft, 14 days prison (consecutive), £29.99 compensation, £50.01 victim surcharge. (G).

Alan Ford, 50, of Standish Court, Taunton, two counts of assault by beating, 12 months conditional discharge, £200 compensation, £15 victim surcharge, £85 costs. (G).

Adrian John Mitchell, 30, of Poplar Road, Taunton, used threatening, abusive words or behaviour, £110 fine, £20 victim surcharge, £85 costs. (G).

Sophie Wilkinson, 23, of Quantock Road, Wellington, assault by beating, community order, 90 days curfew, £200 compensation, £60 victim surcharge, £85 costs. (G).

Robert John Leaman, 49, of Lilac Close, Taunton, used threatening or abusive words or behaviour, £73 fine, £20 victim surcharge, £45 costs. (G).

Wayne Francis Goldsworthy, 32, of Hamilton Road, Taunton, theft, possession of diamorphine, community order, £60 victim surcharge; breached a conditional discharge, no action taken. (G).

Andrew Robert Thorne, 61, of Silvermead, Alcombe, drunk in a public place, £55 fine, £20 victim surcharge, £35 costs. (G) (G) denotes guilty plea or admits offence. Names and addresses are supplied by the courts.