Portsmouth man who assaulted woman while drunk must do 180 hours' community service

Andrew Mellem, 50, of Hamble Road, Gosport, admitted failing to provide information relating to the identity of a driver on December 2, 2019.

Magistrates fined him £60 with six points on his driving licence.

A closure order was also imposed on his home for three months.

Jack Hannam, 34, of no fixed address, was found guilty of assault by beating on October 25.

He was also convicted of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour causing fear of violence on October 10 in Oakshott Drive, West Leigh, Havant.

Magistrates imposed a six-week jail term suspended for a year.

He was waving a meat cleaver around a communal garden.

He must complete a six-month alcohol treatment and 10 days' rehabilitation activities.

Hannam must pay a £100 fine, £128 surcharge and £150 costs.

He also admitted failing to comply with a community order for criminal damage. He was fined £100.

Zackery Bell, 27, of Bradshaw Road, Chichester, admitted careless driving in Goldsmith Avenue, Southsea, on October 11 in 2019.

He admitted failing to stop after the crash.

Magistrates fined him £500.

He also admitted taking a Volvo without consent on October 27 that year, and driving it without insurance.

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

Magistrates banned him from driving for 18 months.

He must pay a £50 surcharge and £85 costs.

Bell admitted failing to turn up at court on December 10 in 2019, and was detained in court.

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Matthew Banks, 38, of London Road, North End, admitted damaging a window at V3 Recruitment Ltd on July 22 last year.

Magistrates ordered him to pay £197 compensation.

He admitted assault by beating on August 8 in Portsmouth.

Magistrates imposed a 90-day term suspended for 18 months.

He was drunk and the assault was sustained, and carried out while on bail.

He must complete 30 days' rehabilitation activities and 180 hours' unpaid work.

He must pay a £122 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

Daryl Bush, 33, of Ledbury Grove, Paulsgrove, admitted harassment between July 11 and 21 in Portsmouth.

Magistrates imposed a 12-month community order with 40 hours' unpaid work and 20 days' rehabilitation activities.

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

He must pay a £95 surcharge and £85 costs.

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