CASES heard by Salisbury and Swindon Magistrates law courts: SEBASTIAN RUSSELL, aged 23, of North Road East, Plymouth, pleaded guilty to driving through Tisbury while exceeding the legal alcohol limit. On December 31 last year Russell was driving a BMW along Weaveland Road with 102 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. He was ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £95 and costs of £85, and must carry out 40 hours of unpaid work. He was disqualified from holding a driving licence for 26 months. ROY TREBILCOCK, aged 53, of South Bank, Netherhampton, Salisbury, was found guilty of failing to provide police with information relating to a driver who was allegedly guilty of an offence. This incident took place in Greater Manchester on January 8, 2019. Trebilcock was fined £120 and was ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £30 and costs of £100. His driving record was endorsed with six points.
A ROUND up of some of the cases heard at Salisbury Magistrates: IAN STAGG, aged 36, of Andover Road, Upavon, pleaded guilty to driving after consuming cocaine. On March 8 last year Stagg was driving a Mercedes Vito in ‘Z Crossing’ Salisbury Plain, with more than 32 microgrammes of the class A drug in his blood. He was fined £120 and was ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £32 and costs of £40. He was disqualified from holding a driving licence for 12 months. ROBIN HARRIS, aged 32, of West Street, Fordingbridge, pleaded guilty to driving while exceeding the legal alcohol limit. On May 31 last year Harris was driving a Ford along Churchill Way West, Salisbury, with 50 microgrammes of alcohol in every 100 millilitres of breath. During this incident Harris was already banned from driving. He was fined a total of £557 and was ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £95 and costs of £85. The defendant was also disqualified from holding a driving licence for more than three
A MULTI-MILLION pound scheme to reduce the risk of flooding to 170 homes in Basingstoke has finished. Hampshire County Council announced that the work it has been carrying out in Buckskin after the area was flooded in 2013/14 is now complete, seven years later. The council committed £6.4m to carry out works in the area to reduce the risk of flooding, after dozens of families had to evacuate their homes when groundwater contaminated with raw sewage flooded into their properties. Deputy leader of Hampshire County Council and executive member for economy, transport and environment, Councillor Rob Humby said: “Buckskin was hit hard by groundwater flooding during the winter for 2014 and since then, a great deal of work has been done by partner organisations, and the local flood action group in the community, to put in measures to reduce the risk of this happening again.