Here are the latest cases from the region’s courts:
CHELL: Twenty-two-year-old Kieron Meirhulme assaulted a pub worker and caused criminal damage at the venue. North Staffordshire Justice Centre heard Meirhulme believed he had left his wallet inside The Hazlehurst Arms, in Chell, after it had closed on June 18 and an employee told him he could not locate it. Prosecutor Suzanne Swindail said: “The defendant punched the employee to the left side of the face with his right hand. The employee and his partner decided to go back in the pub to get away from the defendant. The defendant stated his vape was inside the pub. Checks were made inside the location but no vape could be found. He tried to punch the window. He kicked the bottom panel causing it to crack. He walked off and punched a further window.” In total he caused £508.85 damage at the pub. Meirhulme, of Little Chell Lane, Tunstall, pleaded guilty to common assault and criminal damage. Magistrates adjourned the case for a report to be prepared on the defendant. He will learn his fate on March 28 and his bail was extended.
WOLSTANTON: Thirty-two-year-old Thomas Atkinson, of Pit Green Lane, Wolstanton, has pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicle taking, four charges of damaging property, and using a vehicle without insurance on November 26. He will be sentenced at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court after a report is prepared on him by the probation service. He was bailed to live at his address or his partner’s home in Pear Tree Lane, Chesterton.
MEIR: Three men have denied assaulting a woman occasioning her actual bodily harm on November 25. Paul Eardley, aged 67, of Blatchford Close, Meir; Jake Eardley, aged 33, of no fixed address; and Lewis Proctor, aged 27, of The Wood, Meir, will have a trial at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on May 21. A pre-trial review will be held on March 10. Proctor was remanded in custody and the other two defendants were bailed.
MILTON: Fifty-eight-year-old Sharon Plant, of Downfield Place, Milton, has denied a charge of being drunk and disorderly in Leek New Road, Sneyd Green, on November 27. Her trial will be held at North Staffordshire Justice Centre on October 28 and her bail was extended.
HANLEY: Sixty-three-year-old Ted Piolunowicz, of Newshaw Walk, Hanley, has denied a charge of obstructing a police officer in the execution of his duty on August 3. His trial will be held at North Staffordshire Justice Centre on October 30 and his bail was extended.
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