RECENT cases dealt with by Taunton Deane Magistrates' Courts include: Derek Robert Morgan, 50, of Shelley Grove, Taunton, used or threatened unlawful violence, 14 days prison. (G).

Alan Grenville Tapp, 40, of Beadon Road, Taunton, theft, £75 fine, £67 compensation, £60 costs; failed to surrender to bail, £20 fine. (G).

Carl Dean Gregory, 30, of Beadon Road, Taunton, theft from Sainsbury's, 21 days prison (consecutive); theft from Tesco Express, 14 days prison. (G).

Glyn Budge, 35, of Creechbarrow Road, Taunton, drunk and disorderly, one day detention in the Court House. (G).

David Felix Lynn, 19, of Stoney Furlong, Taunton, damaged a car, one year conditional discharge, £500 compensation, £65 costs. (G).

Ian McKeon, 22, of Smithy, Bishop's Hull, damaged two windows, one year conditional discharge, £300 compensation, £65 costs; destroyed a window, one year conditional discharge. (G).

Daniel Walter Cross, 54, of Greenway Avenue, Taunton, drink driving, 12 months community order, with 180 hours unpaid work, £150 costs, 28 months driving ban; driving without MOT, no separate penalty. (G).

Sandra Starkie, of Gatehouse Court, Tancred Street, Taunton, failed to return a library book, £100 fine, £50 costs, £181.46 compensation.

British Telecom plc, of Newgate Street, London, erected five telegraph poles within the flood defence wall of the River Parrett at Burrowbridge without the consent of the Environment Agency, £3,000 fine, £534 costs, £15 compensation. (G).

Kenneth Norman Culley, 57, of no fixed address, drunk and disorderly, £50 fine, £15 compensation; original offence of common assault, no action taken. (G).

Ashley David Ackland, 24, of Post Close, Wellington, used a vehicle for which a licence was not in force, £125 fine, £45 costs.

Martin Andrew Barnfield, 34, of Anchor Street, Watchet, failed to return a vehicle excise licence after a cheque bounced, £250 fine, £135 costs.

Sharron Benson, 30, of Grange Drive, Taunton, kept an unlicensed vehicle on the road, £125 fine, £45 costs, £15 back duty.

Rebecca J. Curwen, 23, of Galmington Road, Taunton, failed to return a vehicle excise licence after a cheque bounced, £250 fine, £45 costs, £58.34 back duty.

Adam Guy Guscott, 27, of Glenmore Road, Minehead, failed to return a vehicle excise licence after a cheque bounced, £250 fine, £45 costs, £60 back duty.

Sheila Harding, 56, of Bridge Street, Taunton, failed to return a vehicle excise licence after a cheque bounced, £250 fine, £45 costs, £90 back duty.

Raymond Hughes, of Greenway Road, Rockwell Green, Wellington, kept an unlicensed vehicle on the road, £125 fine, £45 costs, £15 back duty.

Malgorzaga Maria Michot, 24, of Queen Street, Taunton, kept an unlicensed vehicle on the road, £125 fine, £45 costs.

Tracy Norwell, of Quantock Road, Taunton, kept an unlicensed vehicle on the road, £250 fine, £45 costs, £38.34 back duty.

Caroline Jane Rosamond, 37, of High Street, Wellington, failed to return a vehicle excise licence after a cheque bounced, £125 fine, £45 costs, £45 back duty.

Frank John Sloper, 39, of York Road, Taunton, failed to return a vehicle excise licence after a cheque bounced, £170 fine, £91.67 costs. (G).

(G) denotes guilty plea or admits offence. Addresses are those given in court.