Here are some of the cases heard recently at the magistrates’ courts in Nottinghamshire.

Justin Peters, 47, of Ley Lane, Mansfield Woodhouse, admitted: drive motor vehicle with a proportion of a controlled drug above the specified limit, namely cocaine. Disqualification period: 12 months. Guilty plea taken into account.

Leigh Walters, 35, of Sherwood Street, Mansfield, admitted: possess knife blade / sharp pointed article in a public place. Costs: £85. Surcharge: £154. Imprisonment period: 4 months, suspended period: 12 months. Guilty plea taken into account.

Jonathan Kozluk, 51, of Field Place, Kirkby, found guilty: Fail to provide specimen for analysis - vehicle driver. Admitted: Use threatening / abusive / insulting words / behaviour to cause harassment / alarm / distress. Disqualification period: 18 months. Costs: £300. Compensation: £50. Fine: £500.

Mansfield Magistrates court, Rosemary Street.

placeholder image — Mansfield Magistrates court, Rosemary Street.

Timothy Bancroft, 39, of Dundee Drive, Mansfield Woodhouse, admitted: drive motor vehicle with 88 microgrammes of alcohol when the legal limit is 35 microgrammes. Costs: £85. Surcharge: £80. Disqualification period: 21 months, disqualification reduction period: 21 weeks. Fine: £200. Guilty plea taken into account.

Richard Coker, 50, of no fixed abode, Mansfield, admitted: fraud by false representation. Conditional discharge: 12 months. Guilty plea taken into account.

Ivan Sandu, 51, of Burns Street, Mansfield, admitted: drive motor vehicle with 44 microgrammes of alcohol when the legal limit is 35 microgrammes. Costs: £85. Surcharge: £48. Disqualification period: 13 months, disqualification reduction period: 13 weeks. Fine: £120. Guilty plea taken into account.

Jamie Ward, 36, of Jephson Road, Sutton, found guilty: cause to be sent by public communication network an offensive message, and criminal damage. Admitted: harassment - breach of a restraining order on conviction, and possess a controlled drug of class a - cocaine. Imprisonment period: 52 weeks, suspended period: 24 months. Alcohol treatment: 6 months. Rehabilitation activity: 15 days. Compensation: £700. Restraining order: 2 years.

Denise Donner, 54, of St. Michaels Street, Sutton, admitted: fail to surrender to police / court bail at the appointed time, possess / have custody of a fighting dog, owner / person in charge of a dog dangerously out of control - no injury, and allow a fighting dog to be in public place without muzzle or lead. Disqualified from keeping a dog: 5 years. Compensation: £4450.

Darren Milnes, 44, of Greendale Crescent, Clipstone, admitted: drive with 96 micrograms of alcohol when the legal limit is 35 micrograms, and drive without a licence and without insurance. Costs: £85. Surcharge: £400. Disqualification period: 24 months, disqualification reduction period: 24 weeks. Guilty plea taken into account.

Mitchel Little, 28, of Beeley Close, Mansfield, admitted: possess a controlled drug of class A - cocaine and drive motor vehicle with a proportion of a controlled drug above the specified limit, namely benzoylecgonine. Costs: £85. Surcharge: £400. Disqualification period: 17 months. Fine: £1,000. Guilty plea taken into account.

Calum Sheriff, 38, of Mansfield Road, Mansfield Woodhouse, admitted: drive motor vehicle with a proportion of a controlled drug above the specified limit, namely benzoylecgonine. Costs: £85. Disqualification period: 36 months. Fine: £833. Guilty plea taken into account.

Jalna Tagg, 40, of Cavendish Street, Mansfield, found guilty: assault a person thereby occasioning them actual bodily harm. Costs: £620. Surcharge: £114. Community order: 12 months. Unpaid work: 150 hours. Compensation: £1,650.

Aisha Miller, 34, of Sherwood Avenue, Mansfield, admitted: assault by beating. Compensation: £75. Guilty plea taken into account.

Kia Robinson, 39, of Eckington Walk, Mansfield, admitted: driving without third party insurance, and theft from a shop. Fine: £120. Driving record endorsed with 6 penalty points. Costs: £85. Surcharge: £64. Fine: £40. Guilty plea taken into account.

Matthew Topley, 36, of Farrendale Close, Forest Town, admitted: possess a controlled drug of class A - cocaine, and criminal damage. Costs: £85. Surcharge: £48. Fine: £120. Compensation: £150. Guilty plea taken into account.

Dumitru Suliman, 25, of Howard Road, Mansfield, admitted: drive whilst disqualified, and without third party insurance. Costs: £85. Surcharge: £80. Fine: £200. Driving record endorsed with 6 penalty points. Guilty plea taken into account.

Jay-lee Robinson, 21, of Cedar Lane, Ollerton, admitted: possess a controlled drug of class A - cocaine. Costs: £85. Surcharge: £53. Fine: £133. Guilty plea taken into account.

Caine Maddison, 19, of West Street, Warsop Vale, admitted: criminal damage. Conditional discharge: 6 months. Compensation: £300. Guilty plea taken into account.

James Chandler, 36, of no fixed abode, Mansfield, admitted: theft from a shop. Costs: £85. Fine: £40. Guilty plea taken into account.