Here are the latest updates from the courts

Here are the latest updates from cases at Portsmouth Magistrates' Court.
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- Paul Boyes, 43, of Megson Drive, Lee-on-the-Solent, admitted drink-driving in Southampton Road, Portsmouth.

A test revealed he had 54 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35.

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Magistrates fined him £250 with a £30 victim surcharge with £85 prosecution costs to pay.

He was banned from driving for a year.

- Jennifer Brown, 43, of Vicarage Close, Chalgrove, admitted drink-driving in London Road, Waterlooville, on March 3.

She was caught in a Smart Car with 68 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, nearly double the limit.

Magistrates fined her £500 with a £50 victim surcharge and £85 prosecution costs.

Brown was banned from driving for 18 months.

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- Christian Webber, 40, of Park Grove, Cosham, admitted two charges of assault by beating on February 26 in Park Grove.

Magistrates imposed a 24-month conditional discharge.

He must pay a £20 victim surcharge and £85 prosecution costs.

- Jason Merrett, 48, of Halstead Road, Cosham, admitted assault by beating.

Magistrates imposed a community order for the September 25 assault in Portsmouth.

He must complete 20 days of rehabiliation activities.

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A restraining order bans him from contacting the woman for a year.

Merrett was fined £75 and must pay an £85 victim surcharge, and £100 prosecution costs.

- Martin Mills, 42, of Wooferton Road, Paulsgrove, admitted assault by beating on March 2 in Paulsgrove.

Magistrates imposed a community order with a £233 fine.

He must pay an £85 victim surcharge and £85 costs. Mills must complete 12 days of rehabilitation activities.

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- Gary Birch, 51, of Forton Road, Gosport, admitted drink-driving in Canberra Close on January 6.

Magistrates imposed a 12-week prison term suspended for a year.

He must complete 140 hours of unpaid work.

A test revealed he had 132 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The limit is 35.

Birch must pay a £115 victim surcharge and £85 prosecution costs.

Magistrates banned him from driving for four years.

He also admitted breaching a conditional discharge for being drunk and disorderly in Privett Road on December 14. He was fined £217.