Court round-up: Stalker harassed woman for a year THE following cases were heard at Peterlee and Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Courts in the last week. JAMES ANDREW KOVACS, 20, was sent to a young offenders institution for four weeks after he assaulted a woman by beating her. The incident took place on April 10, of this year at Newton Aycliffe. Kovacs, of Beechfield, Newton Aycliffe, pleaded guilty and was made to pay a £128 victim surcharge and £85 to the Crown Prosecution Service. MARK ANTHONY GARR, from Stanley, sent a grossly offensive, indecent, obscene or menacing message on April 14, 2020. He indicated a plea of guilt to the offence and was handed a restraining order banning contact with the victim. Garr, 31, of Edward Street, was fined £80 and made to pay a £34 victim surcharge.
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Three Durham fly-tippers have been ordered to pay more than £3,000 between them in fines.
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The stretch of road at Thinford Pictures: SARAH CALDECOTT/CONTRIBUTOR MOTORISTS are warning others after being slapped with a £100 parking charge on an unmarked stretch of road in County Durham. A number of motorists have warned against making the same mistake after parking on a private road at Thinford Services, near Spennymoor. The road, which links Costa Coffee and Burger King with the A167, is being monitored 24-hours per day with charges enforced by a private firm. Anyone who is caught parking on the road is sent a Parking Charge Notice requesting they pay £100, which is discounted to £60 if paid within the first 14 days.
A STRETCH of Morton Park Way, in Darlington, is to be closed while work is carried out to install drainage, and to allow for resurfacing of the carriageway. Darlington Borough Council has confirmed that the road will be closed from the north side of its junction with Morton Road, north for 200 metres. Drivers will need to use an alternative route via Yarm Road, the A66, Tornado Way and vice versa. The work is scheduled to start on February 1 and for last two weeks. Other residents of Darlington are being warned of a temporary closure in Jedburgh Drive to allow for a drainage manhole to be installed.