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Craig Day and, inset, a file image of a swan A DRUNK made leering comments towards a woman at Coate Water then challenged a dog walker to a fight, a court heard. Craig Day, 32, who was seen throwing things at swans on the Swindon lake, also admitted trying to kick down his former partner’s front door. Sentencing the Liden man to an 18 month community order at Swindon Magistrates’ Court, chairman of the bench Martin Smith said: “Two unpleasant offences – very unpleasant offences – and then your ex-partner. If you want to get back with her that’s not going to help.”
Lewis Hoare s custody shot, released in 2014 by Thames Valley Police A MURDERER who kicked a Royal Navy veteran to death said he “wouldn’t tolerate bullies” – as he appeared in court for knocking down a prison guard. Lewis Hoare was 19-years-old when he was given a life sentence in 2007 for punching and kicking Brian Kitching, 68, in Southsea, Hampshire, two years earlier. He and three others falsely accused the retired navy rating of being a paedophile. Mr Kitching who died from his injuries six months after the attack. Hoare admitted his guilt and gave important evidence against his co-accused, earning himself an eight year minimum term.
In December 2019, he was jailed for 16 weeks after he smashed 43 windows at the Deer’s Leap pub in Penhill then kicked a police constable in the head. He was given 12 weeks in custody in January this year for assaulting an emergency worker and criminal damage. Mundy was released from prison on licence on March 22, just eight days before his first theft charge. Last August, Mundy was Mundy, of Station Road, admitted 10 counts of shoplifting. Mitigating, Gordon Hotson said his client had a long-term addiction to alcohol but was motivated to tackle his habit. He was currently helping his friend, who ran a dry lining business.
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File image: PEXELS A DRIVER told police officers who caught him on a night time drive in breach of coronavirus rules that he couldn’t sleep. Nicholas Heavingham, 30, was stopped behind the wheel near Marlborough in the early hours of May 9 last year, when lockdown rules prevented people from being out of the house without a reasonable excuse. Prosecutor Keith Ballinger told Swindon Magistrates’ Court that Heavingham said to the officers he’d been out for a drive with his housemate because they couldn’t sleep. Police issued the Newbury man with a £60 fine for breaching the regulations, Mr Ballinger said.