Here are the latest updates from Portsmouth's courts

This is the latest update from Portsmouth Magistrates' Court.
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Picture: Ian Nicholson/PA Wire

Ben Andrews, 33, of Cobden Avenue, of Southampton, admitted harassing his own mother by going to her home in Gosport between June 12 and September 26.

Magistrates imposed a six-week prison sentence suspended for a year.

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He has been banned from contacting her for a year, and must pay a £115 victim surcharge and £85 prosecution costs.

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Alan Smart, 50, of Larkwhistle Walk, Havant, was found guilty of assault by beating in Havant on January 22.

He must pay £200 compensation with £100 prosecution costs.

Emma Stubbs, 39, of Varos Close, Gosport, was found guilty of careless driving in San Diego Road, Gosport, on December 8 last year.

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Stubbs was fined £120 with a £30 victim surcharge and £110 prosecution costs.

Magistrates imposed six points on her driving licence.

She admitted driving without insurance and was fined £40. She also admitted driving with no MOT but received no separate penalty.

Charlene Preston, 37, of Tennyson Crescent, admitted theft of alcohol worth £5.50 from Tesco on September 23.

Magistrates imposed a six-month conditional discharge with £20 victim surcharge and £40 prosecution costs.

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Matthew Davis, 39, of Harriot Close, Lee-on-the-Solent, admitted assault by beating on June 27, 2017, in Gloucester.

He was fined £187 with a £30 victim surcharge and £200 prosecution costs.

Bradley Shipp, 31, of Fifth Street, Buckland, was found guilty of assault by beating on a woman on July 22 in Cambridge Road.

He admitted assaulting a police officer on the same day.

Magistrates imposed a two-year community order with 32-day relationships course and 20 days of rehabilitation activities.

Shipp was fined £333 for assaulting the woman.

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He must pay an £85 victim surcharge and £85 prosecution costs.

Shipp must pay £100 compensation to the police officer.

Steven Smith, 30, of Northern Parade, Hilsea, admitted two charges of failing to comply with supervision requirements after coming out of prison.

He was jailed for seven days.

Tracy Cave, 45, of Clive Road, Fratton, admitted theft of items from TK Maxx on March 17.

She received a 12-month conditional discharge and must pay a £20 victim surcharge and £40 prosecution costs.