Shoplifters, drink and drug drivers, vandals and speedsters are among those who had attended court his week.
Plymouth Magistrates’ Court will often see family members accompany those put before them, parents, partners and siblings who offer moral support or assure the bench that they will try and keep the offenders out of trouble.
However, it is less common for magistrates to deal with a pair of brothers in the same week, but it happened during the six days the magistrates’ were sitting.
Tommy and Sam Small each have their own list of previous offences to their name, but they appeared on separate occasions this last week – Sam Small received a conditional discharge for stealing a jacket from a shop whereas Tommy was jailed for assaulting an off-duty ambulance technician.
DRIVING OFFENCE
STEPHEN WILLS, aged 62 aged Bampfylde Way, Plymouth: Drove vehicle on Shallowford Road without suitable insurance. Court costs £90. Mitigating circumstances. Victim surcharge £92. Fined £230. Driving record endorsed six points.
LUKE JONES, aged 23 of Ganna Park Road, Plymouth: Drove on Bulmer Road dangerously. Drove without suitable licence. Jailed for 24 weeks suspended for 12 months due to prolonged course of dangerous driving at high speed in residential areas and on a provisional licence. Unpaid work 200 hours. Disqualified from driving for 18 months.
ARMAND LLESHI, aged 23 of North Road East, Plymouth: Drove Vauxhall Corsa on Manadon Drive whilst disqualified. Drove on Manadon Drive without suitable insurance. Conditional discharge for 12 months. Disqualification from driving for 12 months.
COLIN MICHAEL CUDDY, aged 62 of Thames Gardens, Plymouth: Failed to give information relating to identity of driver of vehicle alleged to have been guilty of an offence. Fined £660. Victim surcharge £528. Court costs £320. Disqualified from driving for six months. Driving record endorsed six points.
CAMERON ALISTAIR BLACK, aged 33 of Dunclair Park, Plymouth: Drove on A382 at Newton Abbot without suitable insurance. Fined £192. Victim surcharge £77. Court costs £85. Driving record endorsed six points.
BENJAMIN SHAUN STEVEN HAYDEN, aged 30 of Yewdale Gardens, Plymouth: Whilst in charge of Volkswagen vehicle caused it to remain at rest on Bampton Road in position as to involve a danger of injury to other persons using the road. Fined £166. Victim surcharge £66. Court costs £85. Driving record endorsed six points.
DRINK/DRUG DRIVE
THOMAS ARCHER, aged 31 of Tavistock Road, Roborough: Drove on Tavistock Road with 90mg of alcohol in 100ml of breath. Court costs £85. Victim surcharge £110. Disqualified from driving for 22 months. Fined £276.
RICHARD STEAD, aged 38 of Cotehele Avenue, Keyham: Drove a Ford Transit on Pasley Street with 101mg of alcohol in 100ml of breath. Court costs £85. Victim surcharge £114. Community order – unpaid work for 80 hours. Disqualified from driving for 25 months.
SIMON CORBETT, aged 51 of Newcastle Gardens, Plymouth: Drove Citroen on Monmouth Gardens, Whitleigh with Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in blood in excess of specified limit. Drove vehicle on Monmouth Gardens without suitable licence. Drove on Monmouth Gardens without suitable insurance. Drove on Taunton Avenue without suitable insurance. Drove on Taunton Avenue without suitable licence. Court costs £120. Victim surcharge £48. Disqualified from driving for 12 months. Fined £240. Driving record endorsed six points
JASON WRIGHT, aged 47 of Churchstow Walk, Plymouth: Drove Toyota Prius on Eastlake Street with 3.8mg of Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in blood in excess of specified limit. Court costs £85. Victim surcharge £48. Disqualified from driving for 12 months. Fined £120.
LUKE TOWNSEND, aged 21 of South Milton Street, Plymouth: Drove Yamaha motorbike on Plymouth Road with Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in blood in excess of specified limit. Court costs £85. Victim surcharge £48. Disqualified from driving for 12 months. Fined £120.
SPEEDING
MASON MILLARD, aged 21 aged Granby Way, Plymouth: Rode motorbike on A386 Alma Road in excess of 30mph limit on two occasions. Mitigating circumstances. Fined £160. Driving record endorsed seven points.
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH COURT ORDER
JOSHUA DOUGLAS WILSON, aged 25 of Citadel Road, Plymouth: Breached domestic violence protection order by attending named address. Jailed for 21 days.
JUSTIN TAYLOR, aged 51 of Octagon Street, Plymouth: Failed to comply with community order by failing to attend supervision appointment. Order varied – unpaid work 10 hours.
CRIMINAL DAMAGE
JORDAN CRAIGE, aged 29 of Allendale Road, Plymouth: Damage to CCTV camera worth £207.66 belonging to The Money Centre. Compensation £207.66. Fined £40.
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY
ANDREW BESSON, aged 44 of Park Avenue, Devonport : Drunk and disorderly in Flora Street, Plymouth. Victim surcharge £26. Conditional discharge for three months. \u0009
ASSAULT
MICHAEL GONNELLY, aged 56 of Devonport Road, Plymouth: Assault by beating of named man. Possession of an offensive weapon – multitool with chain – in public place. Jailed for 22 weeks. Compensation £154.
WAYNE KIELY, aged 49 of Hamoaze House, Plymouth: Assault by beating of named man. Threatening behaviour in Union Street. Theft of bottle of vodka worth £11.99 from Lidl, Union Street. Possession of offensive weapon – pool ball inside a sock – in Union Street. Theft by finding of tools in Clarence Road, Torpoint. Theft of food and drink worth £22.10 from Tesco, Eggbuckalnd Road. Theft by finding of meat and milk worth £73.20 from Wetherspoon, Wolseley Road. Possession of 1.003g of synthetic cannabis. Failed to answer police bail. Jailed for 12 weeks. Compensation to Wetherspoon £73.20
ASSAULT EMERGENCY WORKER
RYAN O’SHEA, aged 39 of Edgar Terrace, Plymouth: Failed to comply with community requirement of suspended sentence. Original offence – assault emergency workers – namely police constable – at Yealmptstone Drive. Jailed for 10 weeks.
Tommy Small – being led from Plymouth Magistrate’s Court after a previous hearing
(Image: Carl Eve/PlymouthLive)
TOMMY SMALL, aged 34 of Waterloo Close, Plymouth: Assault emergency worker – an off-duty ambulance technician – on Armada Way. Jailed for 12 weeks. Compensation £100.
MARK PELCZYK, aged 51 of Vauxhall Street, Plymouth: Assault emergency worker – police constable – at Charles Cross police station. Drunk and disorderly in Union Street. Fined £200. Compensation £50
SHOPLIFTING
MICHAEL MALONEY, aged 47 of no fixed abode, Plymouth: Theft of Christmas decorations worth £27 from Primark, Charles Street. Theft of T-shirts worth £94.90 from Footlocker, Old Town Street. Theft of £381 of fragrances from House of Frazer, New George Street. Conditional discharge 12 months.
SAM BENJAMIN SMALL, aged 31 of Pendeen Crescent, Plymouth: Theft of jacket worth £157.99 from Trespass, New George Street. Conditional discharge six months.
HARASSMENT
SAM BABBINGTON, aged 24 of Beaumont Road, Plymouth: Harassment of named man by sending WhatsApp messages and 90 unwanted phone calls between April and June 2024. Court costs £85. Community order – Alcohol abstinence and monitoring for 120 days. Rehabilitation activity up to 10 days. Restraining order not to attend named street until December 12, 2026
THEFT
DAVID RICE, aged 31 of Molesworth Road, Stoke : Theft of loose change from vehicle in Hastings Street. Theft of coffee worth £72.29 from Co-op store in Wilton Street. Racially aggravated harassment at Charles Cross police station. Fined £60. Jail for 12 weeks suspended for 12 months. Rehabilitation activity up to 25 days.
COLIN WEBB, aged 60 of Union Street, Plymouth: Theft of £47.65 worth of goods from Co-operative store, Wolseley Close. Theft of £283 worth of goods from Sainsbury’s, Marsh Mills. Conditional discharge for six months.
WEAPONS
LEE HOLLINGSWORTH, aged 42 of Beaumont Road, Plymouth: Possession of a folding pocket knife in public location. Court costs £85. Victim surcharge £154. Jailed for 160 days suspended for 18 months.
OTHER
JOSHUA WILSON, aged 25 of Citadel Road, Plymouth: Obstruct constable in execution of their duty. Jailed for 21 days.
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