Here are the latest cases from Portsmouth Magistrates' Court

Martin Cooper, 50, of Glasgow Road, Eastney, admitted assault by beating in Stanley Avenue, Copnor, on July 17.

Magistrates imposed a six-month conditional discharge with £85 costs.

Stephen Sykes, 38, of Rodbourne Road, Swindon, admitted damaging a pair of glasses and assault by beating in Queen Street, Portsea, on July 12.

Magistrates imposed a nine-month conditional discharge with £110 compensation to pay.

David Grimmett, 62, of Cyprus Road, Fareham, admitted four charges of damaging fence panels causing £360 worth of damage in Fareham on May 9 and 10, and on June 28.

Magistrates ordered him to pay £360 compensation with a 12-month community order and 10 days' rehabilitation activities.

Piotr Muszynski, 36, of Gladys Avenue, North End, admitted failing to comply with a suspended sentence.

He was fined £100 with £60 costs.

Ricki Pittman, 31, of Sunnymead Drive, Waterlooville, admitted sending an indecent, obscene or menacing messages on March 10.

Magistrates imposed a 12-month community order with 15 days' rehabilitation activities.

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

He was fined £100 with a £90 surcharge and £85 costs.

Pittman also admitted breaching a conditional discharge for assault.

Joseph Pedelty, 30, of Berkshire Close, Landport, admitted jointly stealing £108.79 worth of groceries from Tesco in Petersfield on April 22.

Magistrates imposed an 18-month conditional discharge with £109.26 compensation to pay.

He must pay a £22 surcharge and £85 costs.

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Ian Bridle, 44, of Carmarthen Avenue, Cosham, admitted driving in Stakes Hill Road while banned and without insurance on March 7.

Magistrates imposed a 12-month community order with 200 hours' unpaid work.

He was banned from the roads for 12 months.

Bridle was fined £200 with a £90 surcharge and £85 costs to pay.

Philip Palmer, 34, of St Michael's Road, Southsea, admitted having the class B drug amphetamine on May 29 last year in Portsmouth.

He was fined £120 with a £30 surcharge and £50 costs.

Taylor Dolphin-Hamill, 18, of Heckfield Close, West Leigh, Havant, admitted having a lock knife in public in Cornwallis Crescent, Landport, on June 28.

Magistrates imposed a 12-month community order with two-month tagged curfew between 8pm-6am.

He must complete 10 days' rehabilitation activities and pay £180 costs.

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