THESE are some of the people from Basingstoke and the surrounding area to recently appear in court:

DARREN Lee Doyle, 41, of Burnham Road. Pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle, namely a Volkswagen, whilst using a hand-held mobile phone on January 17, 2018. Fined £230 and ordered to pay £30 victim surcharge and £85 costs. Driving licence endorsed with six points.

ALEXANDER Ujah, 50, of Falcon Fields, Tadley. Found guilty of driving a motor vehicle without the relevant insurance policy on December 30, 2017. Fined £635 and ordered to pay £63 victim surcharge and £500 costs. Driving licence endorsed with six points.

IAN Noel Croft, 43, of Worting Road, King’s Furlong. Pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle whilst under the influence of alcohol on August 8, 2018. Fined £330 and ordered to pay £33 victim surcharge and £85 costs. Disqualified from driving for one year.

JULIE Anne Mills, 44, of Ilsley Road, Popley. Pleaded guilty to stealing items to the value of £161.28 from a Tesco store on March 31, 2018. Fined £60 and ordered to pay £30 victim surcharge and £85 costs. Also pleaded guilty to stealing £158 worth of perfumes from Debenhams in Festival Place on February 22, 2018. Fined a further £60.

JONATHAN Scott Gray, 28, of Rectory Road, Hook. Pleaded guilty of driving a motor vehicle in excess of a 30mph speed limit on April 20, 2018. Fined £385 and driving licence endorsed with four points. Also pleaded guilty to wilfully obstructing a police office in the line of duty on the same date. Fined £577 and ordered to pay £57 victim surcharge and £85 costs.

KIRSTY Ann Tompkins, 20, of New Road, Tadley. Pleaded guilty to assault by beating on June 9, 2018. Fined £263 and ordered to pay £100 in compensation. Ordered to pay £30 victim surcharge and £85 costs. Also pleaded guilty to using threatening, abusive or insulting words with the intention to cause harassment or alarm on the same date. Fined a further £131.

AARON James David Ray-Leitch, 23, of Bardwell Close, South Ham. Pleaded guilty to unlawfully damaging a BMW which did not belong to him to the value of £1,773.12 on March 3, 2018. Ordered to pay £1,773.12 in compensation.

MILES Frederick Burgess, 21, of Old Canal Place, Eastrop. Pleaded guilty to causing actual bodily harm to another person on March 8, 2018. Sentenced to eight weeks in jail, suspended for one year and ordered to pay £250 in compensation. Also pleaded guilty to causing unlawful damage to a TV to the value of £150 on the same date. Ordered to pay £150 in compensation.

MELANIE Jayne Cook, 43, South Road, Kingsclere. Pleaded guilty to stealing cat food to the value of £92.58 from the B&M Store in Worting Road on June 28, 2018. Sentenced to 14 days in jail suspended for one year and ordered to pay £115 victim surcharge.

RYAN Daniel Smith, 35, of no fixed abode. Pleaded guilty to two counts of assault by beating on July 28, 2018. Sentenced to 28 days in jail suspended for one year and ordered to pay £60 in compensation. Also pleaded guilty to stealing a bottle of Peroni from a Co-op store on July 29, 2018. Ordered to pay £2 in compensation.

DANNY Lee Goodall, 38, of Berwyn Close, Buckskin. Found guilty of failing to provide a specimen of blood when requested to do so on June 23, 2018. Fined £200 and ordered to pay £30 victim surcharge. Disqualified from driving for one-and-a-half years.