A BASINGSTOKE teenager has admitted to stealing a vehicle and driving it in Popley Way without the correct license or insurance.

Kieran Lewis, of Normanton Road, was accused of taking a black Volkswagen on February 12, before proceeding to drive it down Popley Way where he “neglected or refused” to keep in a particular line of traffic when directed to do so by a police officer.

The 19-year-old also did so without having the correct driving license or insurance policy in place.

He pleaded guilty to all four charges at Basingstoke magistrates court and was fined £100 for taking the vehicle, and £60 apiece for failing to drive in a particular line of traffic and getting behind the wheel without insurance.

He was also made to pay a £32 victim surcharge and disqualified from driving for three months.

f A BERKSHIRE man has been given a community order after urinating in a police cell, harassing a police officer and being in possession of a small amount of cannabis.

David McGuigan, of College Piece, Mortimer, was charged with the offences following an incident in Basingstoke on March 8.

The 31-year-old admitted the charges at Basingstoke magistrates court, where he was also convicted of committing an offence while a previous community order was in force, which had been issued in January after he assaulted a police officer.

McGuigan was given a community order with a requirement to complete 120 hours of unpaid work in the next 12 months and attend 20 rehabilitation activity requirement days.

He was also made to pay £60 in compensation for urinating in the police cell and forfeit the cannabis he had on him.

f MAGISTRATES have issued a Basingstoke woman with a community order after she assaulted a policewoman in the town earlier this year.

Zoe Mummery, of Musgrave Close, was charged with assaulting PC Lawrence as she acted in the exercise of her function as a police officer on April 19. The incident happened at Mummery’s home address.

The 31-year-old indicated a plea of guilty to the charge and was given a community order by magistrates with a requirement to complete 20 rehabilitation activity requirement days.

She was also made to pay £100 in compensation.

f A BASINGSTOKE MAN has been hit with a bill of more than £1,000 after changing his plea and admitting to harassing two Andover residents.

Lewis West, of Sinclaire Drive, had initially denied harassing a man and a woman at Stalls Crescent, Andover, on October 9 last year.

However the 33-year-old changed his plea this week and admitted to using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour to cause harassment, alarm or distress.

A further charge of assaulting one of the harassment victims at the same address was dismissed due to lack of evidence.

For the harassment charges, West was fined £495 and made to pay £350 in costs to the Crown Prosecution Service. He was also ordered to give both of the victims £100 in compensation.

A community order with a requirement to complete 25 rehabilitation activity requirement days was also imposed, and a restraining order preventing West from attending Stalls Crescent or contacting the victims was also put in place.

f A SHERFIELD woman has ended up with a bill of more than £500 after damaging a woman’s phone.

Kayleigh Whitaker, of Chilworth Way, this week admitted to causing £50 of damage to a woman’s Samsung J5 during an incident in Hook on June 20, 2019, having initially denied the charge.

She was sentenced by Basingstoke magistrates for the charge as well as a further count of causing the same woman harassment, alarm or distress during the same incident.

The 33-year-old was fined £146 and made to pay £50 in compensation, plus £350 in costs to the Crown Prosecution Service.