Portsmouth Magistrates' Court: latest update

Andrew Blackburn, 57, of Angelo Close, Waterlooville, admitted drink-driving in London Road, Waterlooville, on January 23.

Magistrates fined him £700 with a £70 victim surcharge and £85 prosecution costs.

A test revealed he had 74 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35.

Magistrates banned him from driving for three years.

Andrew Greer, 50, of Alhambra Road, Southsea, admitted stealing a North Face jacket worth £151 from the brand's store in Portsmouth on December 27.

He admitted stealing Armani jeans worth £91 on the same day.

Magistrates imposed a 12-month conditional discharge with £21 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

Kevin Newman, 57, of Whiteacres Close, Gosport, admitted driving while banned on November 23 last year in Gosport. He admitted having no insurance.

Magistrates imposed a six-month conditional discharge with 10 days' rehabilitation activities.

Newman was banned from driving for three months. He must pay a £90 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

Robert Ramsey, 30, of Bredon Walk, Fareham, admitted damaging a wing mirror in Portsmouth on January 1.

He must pay £295 compensation.

Patrick Tsang, 47, of John Rennie Road, Chichester, admitted assault by beating on September 21.

Magistrates imposed a 12-month conditional discharge.

He must pay a £21 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

Darren Holdsworth, 38, of Copnor Road, Portsmouth, admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm in Copnor Road on December 29 last year.

Magistrates imposed a 12-month community order with 25 days' rehabilitation activities and 100 hours' unpaid work.

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

He must pay a £90 victim surcharge and £85 prosecution costs.

Dayle Carrington, 29, of Milton Road, admitted damaging a meeting room wall and front door at a property in Elm Grove, Southsea, on February 13.

He must pay £100 compensation.

David Boam, 52, of Elm Grove, Southsea, admitted assault in Palmerston Road, Southsea, on December 30.

Boam admitted assault by beating on the same day. Magistrates imposed a 12-month conditional discharge with 25 days' rehabilitation activities.

He must pay £200 compensation.

He admitted breaching a conditional discharge for theft and a public order offence.