RECENT cases dealt with by Taunton Magistrates' Courts include:

Elliott Thomas Jaques, 23, of Periton Road, Minehead, drink driving, £350 fine, £35 victim surcharge, £85 costs, 36 months driving ban. (G).

Darren Chamberlain, 39, of Spencer Avenue, Taunton, drug driving, £415 fine, £41 victim surcharge, £85 costs, 12 months driving ban; drug driving, no separate penalty, 12 month driving ban; possession of cannabis, possession of amphetamine, no separate penalty. (G).

Daniel Oliver Williams, 43, of no fixed address, assault by beating, £100 compensation; failed to surrender to bail, no separate penalty. (G).

Louie Oscar Lomas, 29, of Desmond Rochford Way, Bishop's Hull, drink driving, £120 fine, £30 victim surcharge, £85 costs, 13 months driving ban. (G).

Gary Justin Milton, 46, of Stoney Furlong, Taunton, theft, assault by beating, community order, four weeks curfew order. (G).

Ian Morris Turnell, 60, of Riverside, High Street, Minehead, drink driving, £120 fine, £32 victim surcharge, £40 costs, 36 months driving ban James Robert Day, 20, of Woodland Road, Watchet, drink driving, £300 fine, £32 victim surcharge, £85 costs, 18 months driving ban; driving without insurance, £200 fine; driving without MOT, no separate penalty. (G).

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