In the courts

These are among the latest cases to be dealt with by BathMagistrates' Court.

Carla Phippen, 22, of St Michael's Road, Whiteway, was given a 20-week prison sentence for four counts of assaulting a police officerand using threatening or abusive words or behaviour.

Jane Ellis, 38, of Timsbury Road, Farmborough, was fined Pounds60 and given three penalty points for speeding. Nikita Howard, 24,of Roundhill Park, Bath, was given a community order, a curfew andan electronic tag for possession of cocaine and diamorphine.

Jacqueline Taylor, 41, of Sheridan Road, Bath, was fined Pounds65 for using threatening or abusive words or behaviour.

Charles Byrd, 56, of Mortimer Close, Bath, was fined Pounds 60and given three penalty points for driving through a red light.

Michael Hall, 21, of Hinton Villas, Hinton Charterhouse, wasfined Pounds 65 and given six penalty points for driving otherwisethan in accordance with a licence, driving without insurance anddriving without a test certificate.

Paula Tucker, 48, of Brooklyn Road, Bath, was fined Pounds 130and disqualified from driving for six months for two counts ofspeeding.

Claire Kite, 28, of Blenheim Close, Peasedown St John, was givena one-year conditional discharge and ordered to pay Pounds 4.30compensation for shoplifting.

Richard Marwood, 23, of Haycombe Drive, Bath, was given acommunity order and ordered to pay Pounds 250 compensation for usingthreatening or abusive words or behaviour and criminal damage.

Ann James, 63, of Woodborough Hill, Peasedown St John, was finedPounds 525 and given six penalty points for failing to provide adriver's identity to the police.

Steven Richard Smith, 34, of Upper Weston, was given a 16-weeksentence suspended for 12 months, an unpaid work requirement andordered to pay Pounds 617.18 compensation for assault by beating andtwo counts of criminal damage.

Mark Coles, 24, of Aubrey Meads, Bitton, was fined Pounds 100 andgiven three penalty points for speeding.

Wendy Howell, 53, of The Oval, Bath, was given a 12-monthconditional discharge for shoplifting. James Archer, 30, ofStirtingale Road, Bath, was fined Pounds 60 and given three penaltypoints for speeding.

Glyn Webb, 40, of Ivy Avenue, Oldfield Park, was given acommunity order and ordered to pay Pounds 100 compensation for twocounts of assault by beating.

Phillip Cowley, 49, of Quantocks, Foxhill, was given a six-monthconditional discharge for shoplifting. Bradley Skipp, 21, ofHaycombe Drive, Bath, was given a community order and ordered to payPounds 150 compensation for two counts of assault by beating.

Christine White, 55, of Rosewarn Close, was given a communityorder for shoplifting while under a conditional discharge.