STEVEN LESLIE BRAKE, aged 54, of Dottery, Bridport. Admitted assault by beating. Discharged conditionally for 12 months. Ordered to pay £85 costs. Also admitted damaging a vehicle without lawful excuse. Discharged conditionally for 12 months. Ordered to pay £300 compensation.

LEIGH AARON STANDEN, aged 38, of Goose Hill, Portesham. Found guilty of driving a vehicle on the A35 dual carriageway at Bere Regis at a speed exceeding 60mph. Fined £50 and ordered to pay £30 costs. Licence endorsed with three penalty points.

MARTIN PETER O’DONOVAN, aged 26, of Ash Hill, Stratton. Admitted driving a motor vehicle on the A35 Tolpuddle Bypass exceeding 70mph. Fined £135. Ordered to pay £35 costs. Disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for 14 days.

ANDREW RICHARD LEIGH MASSEY, aged 57, of Clay Lane, Puncknowle. Admitted driving while using a mobile phone at Beaminster. No separate penalty. Also admitted driving on Tunnel Road in Beaminster otherwise than in accordance with a licence. No separate penalty. Licence endorsed with three points. Also admitted using a motor vehicle without third party insurance. Fined £350. Ordered to pay costs of £35. Licence endorsed with six points.

NICKY ROBERT PROKOPOWYCZ, aged 32, of HMP Dorchester. Admitted possessing 79 tablets of Class C drug Suboxone at Bridport. Discharged conditionally for 12 months. Drugs to be forfeited.