Fly-tipper fined hundreds
A 23-YEAR OLD from Andover has been forced to pay more than £1,800 in total after admitting to dumping waste.
Soare Bogdan, of Genoa Court, Andover, illegally deposited household waste containing food, a quilt, and other items, on Hungerford Lane on April 8, this year.
Appearing at Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court on November 16, Bogdan admitted the offence and was fined £880.
They must also pay a surcharge of £88, and costs of £906 - bringing the total payable to £1,874.
Stolen car
A MAN has denied stealing a vehicle and driving it without a license or insurance in Andover last year.
Graham Escott, of Southend Road, Reading, allegedly took the vehicle on March 2 2020 and then drove it along Swift Close, Andover, without holding a license or relevant insurance documentation.
Appearing at Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court, the 61-year-old denied the allegations.
He has been remanded on unconditional bail and will stand trial at the same court on May 23, 2022.
Rehab ordered
A MAN has been ordered to do rehab after driving along an Andover Road while above the legal drug limit.
Aaron Wayne Fisher, of no fixed address, drove a Skoda Fabia on The Broadway on March 1 2021 while high on two types of cocaine.
The 42-year-old admitted the charges at Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court on November 17.
He was handed a £41 fine, and ordered to complete a nine-month drug rehabilitation programme, with a review every two months.
He must also complete up to 25 days of other rehabilitation activities, and has been disqualified from driving for three years.
Driving offence
A MAN has been fined hundreds of pounds after driving a car in Andover without a license or insurance.
Kieran James Benson, of Northway, Newbury, was driving a Renault Megane along Anton Road, Andover, on October 4 without a drivers license or insurance, and while disqualified.
The 25-year-old admitted the offences at Basingstoke Magistrates’ Court on November 18. He was fined £350, plus a surcharge of £35 and costs of £85.
He was also handed 50 hours of unpaid work for breaching a suspended sentence he is serving for a previous drug driving offence.
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