MARK STEVENS, aged 51, of Winterborne Stickland. Found guilty of assault by beating. Community order with requirement to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work within the next 12 months. Ordered to pay £300 costs. Found guilty of another charge of assault by beating. Community order with requirement as above.

MICHAEL JAMES LACY, aged 19, of Stourcastle, Sturminster Newton. Admitted being drunk and disorderly in West Street, Blandford. Discharged conditionally for two years. Ordered to pay £300 costs. Also admitted failing without reasonable excuse to surrender to custody at Weymouth Magistrates Court. Discharged conditionally for two years. Also admitted resisting a constable in the execution of his duty. Discharged conditionally for two years.

JACQUELINE ELIZABETH LAWS, aged 53, of Shaftesbury Lane, Blandford. Admitted driving a vehicle after consuming so much alcohol the proportion of it in breath was 65 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. Fined £110 and ordered to pay £250 costs. Disqualified from holding or obtaining a licence for 18 months.

LYNDA JANE FAULKNER, aged 47, of Hilton. Admitted failing to comply with the indication given by a traffic sign, namely a red light traffic signal. Fined £35 and ordered to pay £35 costs. Licence endorsed with three penalty points.

NICHOLAS CHONA HANN, aged 30, c/o Noake Road, Sherborne. Admitted failing to comply with the requirements of a community order. Fined £100. Order to continue.

IAN PARTRIDGE, no age given, of Chapel Lane, Yetminster. Proved in absence of being the registered keeper of a vehicle and failed to deliver to the Secretary of State part of the registration document containing the required particulars relating to the notification of transfer of the vehicle to a person who was not a vehicle trader. Fined £200 and ordered to pay £90 costs.