Preston's week in court: people from Preston, Ingol, Ashton, Fulwood and Ribbleton convicted of crimes by the city's magistrates during the week of March 6

Every week, Preston Magistrates Court releases the names and details of people who have been convicted and sentenced over crimes they have committed in the Preston and central Lancashire. The details of these offences are also included in the data.

Who appeared at Preston Magistrates Court during the week of March 6?

• Kelly Halsall, 41, Waddington Road Ribbleton: used a motor vehicle on a road, or other public place, namely Ribbleton Hall Drive, when there was not in force in relation to that use such a policy of insurance - £660 fine, £264 surcharge, £90 costs, six penalty points on driving licence.
• Paul John McMenemy, 46, Calder Street, Ashton On Ribble: drove a motor vehicle on a road namely Aqueduct Street, whilst not wearing an adult belt - £220 fine, £88 surcharge, £90 costs.
• Liam Antony Fielding, 31, Shelley Mews, Ashton-on-Ribble: £220 fine, £88 surcharge, £90 costs, four penalty points on driving licence.
• Roger John Hesketh, 55, Amble Way, Walton-le-dale: indirectly contacted Seralee Kenny which you were prohibited from doing by a restraining order - 12 weeks imprisonment suspended for 12 months, £154 surcharge.
• Abhilash Puchala, New Hall Lane, Preston: drove a motor vehicle on a road, namely Oaktree Avenue, Ingol, when the proportion of a controlled drug, namely Delta-9-Tetrahydrocan nabinol, in your blood - £250 fine, £100 surcharge, £85 costs, disqualified from driving for 12 months.
• James Christopher Allan Leigh, 49, Bow Lane, Preston: entered as a trespasser a building, namely Recycling lives, stole therein LG Television to the value of £200 - four months imprisonment, £200 compensation, £154 surcharge.
• Hamza Arshad, 25, Cemetery Road, Preston: on a road, or other public place, namely New Hall Lane, when there was not in force in relation to that use such a policy of insurance - £310 fine, £34 surcharge, £110 costs, disqualified from driving for nine months.
• Lee Appleton, 35, Longacre, Bamber Bridge, Preston: drove a mechanically propelled vehicle, on a road, namely M61 near to Junction 8 without due care and attention - £134 fine, £53 surcharge, £90 costs, three penalty points on driving licence.

• Bethan Loiuse Donnelly, 26, Birch Field Street, Preston: drove a motor vehicle on a restricted road, namely B6243 Preston Rd nr Oban Court, at a speed exceeding 30 miles per hour - £207 fine, £82 surcharge, £90 costs, three penalty points on driving licence.

• Liam Antony Fielding, Shelley Mews, Ashton-on-Ribble: drove a motor vehicle on a road, namely James Towers Way otherwise than in accordance with a licence authorising you to drive a motor vehicle of that class - £220 fine, £88 surcharge, £90 costs, four penalty points on driving licence.
• Alexandru Nicolae Gheorghe, 32, New Hall Lane, Preston: drove a motor vehicle on a road namely Golden Hill Lane, whilst not wearing an adult belt - £120 fine, £48 surcharge, £90 costs.
• Kelly Halsall, 41, Waddington Road, Ribbleton, Preston: used a motor vehicle on a road, or other public place, namely Ribbleton Hall Drive, when there was not in force in relation to that use such a policy of insurance - £660 fine, £264 surcharge, £90 costs, six penalty points on driving licence.

• Jessica Hudson, 29, Beaminster Avenue, Cottam, Preston: £220 fine, £88 surcharge, £90 costs, three penalty points on driving licence.

• Joss Bailey, 47, Freckleton Street, Kirkkam: when suspected of having driven a vehicle and having been required to provide a specimen or specimens of breath for analysis failed without reasonable excuse to do so - committed to prison for 12 weeks suspended for 18 months, £128 surcharge, £85 costs.
• Andrew Pickering, 37, Victoria Road Walton-Le-Dale: when suspected of having driven a vehicle and having been required to provide a specimen or specimens of breath for analysis failed without reasonable excuse to do so - £600 fine, £240 surcharge, £250 costs, banned from driving for 18 months.
• Alexander Andrew Porterfield, 37, Avenham Terrace, Preston: 12 months conditional discharge, £85 costs, £85 surcharge.
• Natalie Brown, 30, Nelson Crescent, Lea: assaulted Carlton Fitzgerald by beating him - 12 month community order, £100 fine, £114 surcharge.
• Ionut Margelu, 24, Deepdale Road, Preston: failed to give information relating to the identification of the driver of a vehicle who was alleged to have been guilty of an offence - £660 fine, £594 surcharge, £110 costs, disqualified from driving for 12 months.
• Thomas Beck, 64, Badgers Croft, Ribbleton: drove a motor vehicle, on a restricted road, namely A6 London Road between Victoria Road and Albyn St E northbound, at a speed exceeding 30 miles per hour - £60 fine, £24 surcharge, £90 costs, three penalty points on driving licence.
• Anirudh Reddy Bonugu, 26, Broughton Street, Preston: driving at excessive speed in a 40mph zone - £220 fine, £88 surcharge, £90 costs, three penalty points on driving licence.
• Lesley Brown, 52, Fir Tree Crescent, Lostock Hall Preston: driving at excessive speed in a 30mph zone - £146 fine, £58 surcharge, £90 costs, three penalty points on driving licence.
• Fehmina Dassu, 47, Ladybank Avenue, Fulwood, Preston: driving at excessive speed in a 30mph zone - £95 fine, £38 surcharge, £90 costs, three penalty points on driving licence.
• Tara Jo Leyland, 29, St Clares Avenuen Fulwood: drove a car when the registration number font and spacing of the letters and numbers did not conform to the required regulations - £146 fine, £58 surcharge, £90 costs.
• Paul Mulliner, 43, Heathfield Drive, Preston: drove a motor vehicle on a restricted road, namely A675 Hoghton Lane, at a speed exceeding 30 miles per hour - £116 fine, £46 surcharge, £90 costs, three penalty points on driving licence.
• Sarah Louise Sharples, 41, Hall Lane, Longton: drove a motor vehicle on a restricted road, namely A675 Hoghton Lane, at a speed exceeding 30 miles per hour - £40 fine, £16 surcharge, £90 costs, three penalty points on driving licence.

Why do people appear at Magistrates Court instead of Crown Court?

The vast majority of offences are dealt with at magistrates court, with only the most serious offences, such murder and rape, being heard at Crown Court in front of a judge. Magistrates and district judges deal most others, including minor offences such as motoring offences, minor criminal damage and common assault not causing significant injury.

They will also deal with more serious offences such a burglary and drug offences but will then pass the case to a higher court should they feel they do not have sufficient sentencing powers. Magistrates will also pass the serious – or indictable – offences such as murder, rape, other serious sexual offences, kidnapping and serious fraud, to the Crown Court, where judges have much greater sentencing powers and cases are heard before a jury.