Overview

• Magistrates in Dorset, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire reported numerous drink- and drug-driving convictions with disqualifications typically ranging from 12 to 24 months alongside fines and points.
• Community-based sentences remained prevalent, with unpaid work, rehabilitation requirements and suspended terms imposed, while breaches and repeat offending led to custody for several defendants, including three months and two weeks for Romano Mimnaugh and two months for Bortlomiej Smedra.
• Swindon Crown Court updates included Natalie Hughes remanded for sentencing on August 26 after guilty pleas to supplying heroin, crack cocaine and cannabis, plus prison terms for Agron Seferi for arson and Oskar Krzeszewski for Class A supply.
• Courts ordered the forfeiture and destruction of seized drugs and imposed safeguarding measures, including a five-year sexual harm prevention order for Gavin Fripp following an extreme image conviction.
• Compliance enforcement featured penalties for failing to attend assessments or provide driver information, with drivers banned in cases from Brighton to Southampton, including a six-month disqualification for Brian Whittington and a two-year ban for Luke Razzell.