RECENT cases dealt with by Taunton Magistrates’ Courts include.

Modestas Melesuis, 22, of Laburnum Street, Taunton, driving without correct licence, £220 fine; driving without insurance, £660 fine, £66 victim surcharge, £85 costs, £150 criminal courts charge, 18 months driving ban; two counts of driving a vehicle with an illegal tyre, £880 fine; driving without MOT, £220 fine; driving an unlicensed vehicle, £220 fine.

Richard Adam Branfield, 26, of Fitzroy Road, Norton Fitzwarren, drink driving, £250 fine, £25 victim surcharge, £85 costs, £150 criminal courts charge, 14 months driving ban. (G).

Joanne Kerra Danes, 42, of Laxton Road, Taunton, theft, 30 days prison suspended for six months, four weeks curfew, £50 compensation, £180 criminal courts charge; five counts of theft, 30 days prison (concurrent) suspended for six months on each count, four weeks curfew, £250 compensation. (G).

James Charles Goodman, 21, of Capes Barton, Combe Florey, drunk and disorderly, £120 fine, £20 victim surcharge, £85 costs, £150 criminal courts charge. (G).

Simon Blake, 38, of The Old School, Pitminster, registered owner of an untaxed vehicle, £65 fine, £20 victim surcharge, £110 costs. (G).

Justin James Brian Fear, 21, of East Reach, Taunton, driving without insurance, £200 fine, £20 victim surcharge, £150 criminal courts charge, six points, 12 months driving ban; driving without correct licence, no separate penalty. (G).

Neil Jamie Bostock, 40, of Park Street, Taunton, theft, £134 compensation; two breaches of a conditional discharge, 10 days prison (consecutive) suspended for one year on each count; five counts of theft, attempted theft, 10 days prison (consecutive) suspended for one year on each count, £376 compensation, £180 criminal courts charge. (G).

(G) denotes guilty plea of admits offence. Names and addresses supplied by the courts.