In the Dock - appearances at Poole Magistrates' Court

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The following cases were heard at Poole Magistrates' Court:

LIAM HEELEY, 22, and of Tregonwell Road in Bournemouth, admitted to two counts of assault by beating a woman in Bournemouth on April 4. Heeley admitted to one count of assault a constable in the execution of his or her duty in Bournemouth on April 24, one count of criminal damage to property of value under £5,000 in Bournemouth Police Station on April 23, one count of threat to damage or destroy property in Bournemouth Police Station on April 26. He further admitted breach criminal behaviour order in Bournemouth on April 26. Heeley was banned from drinking alcohol for 120 days, ordered to complete three rehabilitation activity requirement days and pay £150 in compensation.

SALLY DENLEY, 41, and of Laneside in Shaftesbury, admitted to two counts of theft of a pedal cycle, namely stealing two pedal cycles to the total value of £959, in Bitter End in Dorchester on August 22 and 23. Denley admitted to six counts of theft from a shop, namely stealing items and goods to the total value of £489.68, from shops in Chickerell, Dorchester, Shaftesbury and Weymouth between April 15, 2025 and March 27, 2026. Denley was handed a six-month jail sentence suspended for 12 months, banned from entering any Co-op or Morrisons stores and BP service station in Dorset for 12 months and ordered to pay £1,103.38 in compensation.

JAKE MULCAHY, 27, Upper Terrace Road in Bournemouth, admitted to being drunk and disorderly in a public place, outside of Poole Hospital in Poole on April 17. Mulcahy was conditionally discharged for 12 months and ordered to pay costs to the Crown Prosecution Service of £85 and a victim surcharge of £26.

JONATHAN BROWN, 47, Charminster Road in Bournemouth, admitted to five counts of assault by beating and one count of causing without reasonable excuse on NHS premises a nuisance or disturbance in Bournemouth Hospital on July 8. Brown was conditionally discharged for 12 months and ordered to pay £500 in compensation.

DONALD BRATI, 28, and of Brooms Road in Luton, admitted to one count of driving a motor vehicle dangerously, one count of driving a motor vehicle otherwise than in accordance with a licence, one count of the use of a motor vehicle on a road or public place without third party insurance and one count of failing to stop a mechanically propelled vehicle when required by constable or traffic warden in Longfleet Road in Poole on April 14. Brati was banned from driving for 12 months, fined £240, ordered to complete 120 hours of unpaid work and pay costs to the Crown Prosecution Service of £85 and a victim surcharge of £114.

MICHAEL BURFITT, 34, and of Fillymead in Marnhull, admitted to one count of assaulting a constable in the execution of his or her duty in Hinton St Mary on March 14 and one count of failing to surrender to police or court bail at the appointed time in Weymouth on April 2. Burfitt was fined £120 and ordered to £50 in compensation and costs to the Crown Prosecution Service of £85.

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