RECENT cases dealt with by Taunton Magistrates' Courts include.

Amelia Grace Day, 18, of Staplegrove Road, Taunton, drink driving, £110 fine, £30 victim surcharge, £40 costs, 12 months driving ban. (G).

Philip Maurice Newnes, 63, of Butts Way, Milverton, speeding, £60 fine, £20 victim surcharge, £85 costs, six months driving ban; speeding, £60 fine, three points. (G).

Anthony James Carpenter, 23, of Howard Road, Wellington, possession of cannabis, possession in public of an air rifle, community order, £85 victim surcharge, £120 fine, £85 costs. (G).

Joshua Robert Sidney Gill, 19, of Moorland Close, Taunton, used threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour, community order, 180 hours unpaid work, £85 victim surcharge, £85 costs Cameron Marc Hellier, 18, of Gay Close, Wellington, used threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour, £200 fine, £30 victim surcharge, £85 costs. (G).

Craig Joseph Howells, 33, of East Reach, Taunton, failed to comply with the terms of the Sex Offences Act 2003, one year conditional discharge, £20 victim surcharge. (G).

Stephen Edward Palfrey, 43, of Church Green, Churchfields, used threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour, £120 fine, £30 victim surcharge. (G).

(G) denotes guilty plea or admits offence. Details supplied by the courts.