Who's been in court lately?

Jamie Robert Welsh, aged 28, admitted driving while banned in Collis Street and driving without insurance.

He was put on a six week curfew, 6pm to 6am, and fined £750. He was ordered to pay costs of £225 and banned for 18 months.

Other recent cases at Dudley Magistrates Court included:

A Cradley Heath man caught drink-driving twice within weeks of each other has been threatened with jail.

Karl Barry Gonzales, aged 51, of Elmtree Wau, Oldhill, was over the limit when driving along Halesowen Road on June 7 and along Highgate Street on July 10. He had 46 and 63 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath respectively. The limit is 35.

He was put under supervision for 18 months, put on a 7pm to 7am curfew for 4 weeks, banned from driving for three years and ordered to pay £278 in costs.

Magistrates said the sentence was partly due because the offences were ‘aggravated by previous convictions.’

A Brierley Hill man who breached a domestic violence protection order has been fined £200 and ordered to pay £34 into the victim service fund.

Ashley John Warr, aged 37, of Pheasant Street, Brockmoor, admitted breaching the order by visiting an address in Hawbrush Road, Brierley Hill.

A Dudley man has admitted two charges of possessing cannabis and one of resisting a police officer.

Lenville Anthony Waite, aged 56, of Summit Place, Lower Gornal, was given a conditional discharge for 12 months. He was fined £40 and ordered to pay £84 in costs and victim funds.

A Dudley man has been given a suspended jail sentence for sending an obscene or menacing message to a woman.

Andrew Peter Johnson, aged 52, of Wolverhampton Street, admitted sending an electronic communication that was grossly offensive or indecent, obscene or menacing.

He was given a four-week prison term, suspended for 12 months, and told he must undergo treatment for alcohol dependency.

Magistrates said they were imposing the jail threat because the offence was serious and because of the ‘nature and persistence of the messages.’

Johnson is prohibited from contacting the victim, directly or indirectly. He must also pay £263 in costs.

Drink-driver Manoj Patel has been banned for two and a half years.

Patel, aged 46, of Dibdale Street, Dudley, admitted driving with 100 microgrammes of alcohol min 100 millilitres of breath. The limit is 35.

He was given a community order, put on a 6pm to 6am electronic tag curfew, and ordered to pay £230 in costs.

A Dudley woman has been fined and banned for drink driving.

Hannah Sheldon, aged 28, of Southgate Way, admitted driving on Dibdale Road while unfit through drink.

She was fined £225, ordered to pay £169 in costs, and disqualified for 20 months.

A Stourbridge man has been fined £500 after damaging the glass in a bus stand at Tipton.

Adam John Smith, aged 32, of Nile Court Road, Scotts Road, admitted causing criminal damage to a Travel West Midlands bus stand valued at £500.

He was given a conditional discharge for 12 months and ordered to pay £157 in costs.

Daniel Lee Wakelam, of Mayfield Avenue, Dudley, was given a suspended prison sentence after he admitted assaulting Jason Morgan in July.

He was sentenced to 16 weeks in jail, suspended for a year, and ordered to pay £250 compensation.

A Dudley man has been jailed after breaching a suspended prison sentence.

Christopher Ben Round, aged 20, of Midland Heart, Tower Street, admitted driving with no insurance or licence in Bromley Lane.

Round had previously been given a 16-week suspended prison sentence for assault. Magistrates decided to enact the jail term, but for six weeks.

He was given fines and costs totally £674.99 and banned from driving for a year.

A man with a history of offending is facing the threat of 13 weeks in jail.

Leroy Walker-Wright, aged 58, of Wellington Road, Dudley, admitted stealing two TVs worth £279 from Asda Tesco respectively.

He also pleaded guilty to not surrendering to bail.

He was sentenced to a total of 13 weeks in jail, suspended for 12 months, and ordered to pay £200 compensation.