A MAN has been fined £300 for kerb-crawling in Nottingham. Nigel Feckey pleaded guilty to soliciting another person for the purpose of obtaining a prostitute in Balmoral Road, The Arboretum, on July 5. Feckey, 52, of Moore Road, Mapperley, was also ordered to pay £85 prosecution costs and a £15 victim surcharge.
BRIAN O'Connor, 44, of Land Bank, Rise Park, was given a community order for assaulting a female in Forest Fields on July 7 this year. He pleaded guilty at Nottingham Magistrates' Court, and was ordered to attend a domestic abuse programme and be supervised by the Probation Service. He must comply with a restraining order not to contact the victim of the assault and pay her £250 compensation, plus court costs of £85.
MARK Cowell , 47, of Sandside, Cotgrave, admitted damaging a DVD cabinet and a canary cage, worth £59 and £45 respectively. The items, which belonged to a woman, were damaged on September 14 this year. Cowell admitted he assaulted the owner of the goods in Bingham on the same date. Magistrates in Nottingham imposed a community order, including supervision from the Probation Service for 12 months. He has to pay the victim £200 compensation and court costs of £85.
STEVEN Coaten, 37, of Olga Court, St Ann's, has been disqualified from driving for 20 months for drink-driving. Coaten pleaded guilty to driving a Ford Fiesta in Carlton Road, Nottingham, on September 20 with 83 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath - exceeding the 35 micrograms limit. As well as being disqualified, Coaten was also fined £110, and ordered to pay £85 prosecution costs and a £15 victim surcharge. Coaten also admitted a charge of driving without insurance. He faced no separate penalty.
ADAM Smith, 19, of Montfort Crescent, Sherwood, admitted carrying a kitchen knife with a 16cm blade in Northgate, Newark, on September 13 without good reason or lawful authority. He was made subject of a community order and ordered to pay £85 prosecution costs.