A ROUND-UP of recent cases heard at Newport Magistrates’ Court and Cwmbran Magistrates’ Court.

MARGARET MCDONAGH, 24, of Commercial Road, Newport was fined £200 after she pleaded guilty to causing racially aggravated harassment, alarm or distress to a police constable on June 16, 2023.

She must pay £85 costs and an £80 surcharge.

MASON REES, 24, of Swallow Way, Duffryn, Newport must pay £790 in a fine, costs and a surcharge for failing to give information relating to the identification of the driver of a vehicle who was alleged to have been guilty of an offence.

His driving record was endorsed with six points.

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LUKE CASTON, 34, of Nicholas Street, Pontypool was jailed for 26 weeks with the sentence suspended for 18 months after he was convicted of failing to provide a specimen for analysis, driving whilst disqualified and driving without insurance in Abergavenny on December 9, 2023.

He must complete a 10-day rehabilitation activity requirement, was banned from driving for 30 months and ordered to pay £620 costs.

KIRK EDWARDS, 27, of Risca Road, Newport was jailed for four weeks after he admitted stealing three Easter eggs worth £18 from a One Stop shop, meat valued at £85 from Aldi, perfume worth £86 from Boots and goods valued at £50 from Tesco Express between March 25 and April 17.

LIAM MORGAN, 41, of Medway Road, Bettws, Newport was banned from driving for 18 months after he admitted drink-driving with 63 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath on Grove Road, Risca on March 29 and failing to provide a specimen for analysis at Ystrad Mynach police station on April 18.

He must pay £240 in fines, a £96 surcharge and £85 costs.

MATTHEW HUNT, 40, of High Street, Cross Keys, Caerphilly was sentenced to a 12-month community order after pleading guilty to assaulting a police constable in Newbridge on February 9.

He was made the subject of a six-month alcohol treatment requirement and ordered to pay a £114 victim surcharge, £50 compensation and a £50 fine.

RYAN MACCARTHY, 46, of Kensington Place, Newport must pay £359 in a fine, costs and a surcharge for speeding at 42mph in a 30mph zone on the A48 SDR on July 3, 2023.

His driving record was endorsed with four points.

MARK FORD, 54, of Rose Heyworth Road, Abertillery must pay £300 in a fine, costs and a surcharge for speeding at 38mph in a 30mph zone on the A48 SDR in Newport on June 30, 2023.

His driving record was endorsed with three points.

ANDREW MONKS, 45, of Amelia Way, Newport, must pay £480 in a fine and a surcharge for speeding at 42mph in a 30mph zone on the A48 SDR on June 27, 2023.

His driving record was endorsed with four points.