JASVIR PUREWAL, 51, of Cresswell Close, Yarnton, admitted criminal damage to a car and assault in Oxford in March. The magistrates imposed a £370 fine, ordered £60 in compensation, and must pay £119 in costs and surcharge.

FRANCIS EATON, 32, of Potton, Beds, pleaded guilty to drink driving an Alfa Romeo on the A34 near Ilsley on May 20. Tests showed he had 47mcgs of alcohol in 100ml of breath. He was fined £692, banned from driving for three years and must pay £85 costs and a £69 victim surcharge.

ABRAHAM SARWAR, 26, of Headley Way, Headington, admitted drink driving in Park End Street on May 21. A breathalyser test showed he had 42mcgs of alcohol in 100ml of breath. He was fined £300, disqualified from driving for a year and must pay £119 in costs and surcharge.

HARRY CAMPBELL, 63, of no fixed address, was found guilty of harassing a man between July and September last year by emailing him ‘several times’ after being asked not to do so. He was also convicted of using threatening behaviour towards the same man in July 2021 and January this year. He was ordered to do 100 hours of unpaid work as part of a community order, pay £750 in costs and a £95 victim surcharge. A restraining order bans him from contacting his victim.

SAULIUS LAPAVICUS, 41, of Bretton, Cambs, admitted driving a VW Passat on the A34 in June while banned from driving and without valid insurance. He was jailed for 18 weeks for what the court record noted was a ‘flagrant disregard for court orders’. It was suggested ‘the number and nature of the offences shows that the defendant is operating as a professional criminal’, he had bought the VW while banned from the roads, was carrying passengers and had driven a long distance when he was stopped. He was banned from the roads for five years and must pay the victim surcharge of £154.

IAN ROBEY, 40, of Thorney Leys, Witney, pleaded guilty to driving a Scania Tipper truck on Thorney Leys last August while over the drug-drive limit for benzoylecgonine and when he had failed to use a driver tachograph card. He was fined £120, banned from driving for a year and must pay £134 in costs and surcharge.

RYAN KANE, 37, of Wyatt Road, Oxford, admitted stealing £37-worth of products from the Savers in Abingdon High Street and breaching a community order. He was given six weeks’ imprisonment suspended for a year, with a requirement to complete an alcohol rehabilitation programme.

JASON TRIPP, 34, of Larkhill Road, Abingdon, pleaded guilty to driving a Renault Clio on Oxpens Road, Oxford, in May while over the drink drive limit. He was found to have 89mcgs of alcohol in 100ml of breath. The legal limit is 35mcgs. He was fined £120, banned from driving for 60 months and must pay a £34 victim surcharge.

CALLUM LEWIS, 25, of Atkinson Road, Headington, admitted possession of cannabis. He received a 12 month conditional discharge, the drugs were forfeit and he must pay £107 in costs and surcharge.

LEE PRICE, 33, of Church Close, Islip, pleaded guilty to drink driving a Honda CRV in Fulbrook in May. Tests showed he had 49mcgs of alcohol on his breath – slightly above the legal limit of 35mcgs. He was fined £346, banned from driving for a year and ordered to pay £119 in costs and surcharge.

LORNA TANNER, 43, of Norreys Road, Cumnor, pleaded guilty to drink driving a Peugeot 3008 on the A415 at Frilford. Tests showed she was two-and-a-half times the limit. She was given a three year driving ban, an alcohol abstinence tag as part of a 12 month community order and must pay £180 in costs and surcharge.

JAMES O’REGAN, 56, of Horsell, Surrey, admitted driving a Hyundai in Abingdon Road, Oxford, while over the limit for cocaine and benzoylecgonine. He was fined £692, banned from the roads for a year and must pay £154 in costs and surcharge.

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This story was written by Tom Seaward. He joined the team in 2021 as Oxfordshire's court and crime reporter.  

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