OXFORD MAGISTRATES’ COURT
AKHMED ASFAR, 35, of Hilton Road, Banbury, admitted drink-driving on Queens Road, Banbury on January 11. He had 78mcg of alcohol per 100ml of breath, above the legal limit of 35mcg. He was fined £180, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £34 and court costs of £85. He was also disqualified from driving for 40 months.
GRAHAM STEWART, 52, of School View, Banbury, admitted drug-driving on Oxford Road, Banbury on November 20. He had 338mcg of benzoylecgonine in one litre of blood, above the legal limit of 50mcg. He was fined £80, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £34 and court costs of £85. He was also disqualified from driving for 12 months.
Oxford Magistrates Court OXFORD MAGISTRATES’ COURT HANNAH DAVISON, 30, of St John’s Road, Wallingford, admitted driving at 38mph in a 30mph zone on February 2. She was fined £66 and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £34. Her driving licence was also endorsed with three penalty points. JONATHAN WHILD, 30, of Maberley Close, Abingdon, admitted drug-driving on October 31 in Abingdon. He had 408mcg of benzoylecgonine in one litre of blood, above the legal limit of 50mcg. He also admitted having 5.6mcg of cannabis in one litre of blood, above the legal limit of 2mcg. He was fined £500, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £50 and court costs of £85. He was also disqualified from driving for 36 months.
A PAIR of murderers who stabbed a caring dad-of-three to death outside his home have been jailed for life. The dangerous and violent killers stared straight ahead and showed no emotion as they were told they would serve at least 19 years in jail for the murder of Darren MacCormick. Sentencing, Judge Ian Pringle QC went on to slam the scourge of knife crime which he said had led to a desperate and unceasing waste of human life. In an emotional tribute the family of the slain 44-year-old said that their lives had forever changed and the grief is overwhelming.
Darren MacCormick, 44, was killed in Mendip Heights on January 9. After an eight-week trial, Brookton Lagan, 19, of Robin Way, Didcot, and Taison Cyrille, 19, of Market End Way, Bicester, were found guilty at Oxford Crown Court today. The two were also found guilty of two counts of wounding with intent and of conspiracy to supply Class A drugs. As Lagan left the court dock, he said to his mum: Bye mum, I love you so much. You know I didn t do it. Isaac Boyland, 20, of Marlborough Road, Oxford, was found not guilty of murder, as well as wounding with intent and conspiracy to supply drugs.