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Defendants sentenced recently at Scarborough Magistrates Court included a man with a hunting knife in public and a motorist committing a string of offences.
Christopher Helm, 45, of Londesborough Road, Scarborough, pleaded guilty to two offences of using threatening words or behaviour in Scarborough.
He was given a 13-month community order with 20 days’ rehabilitative activities and must wear an alcohol abstinence tag for 70 days.
He must pay £85 prosecution costs and a £114 statutory surcharge.
Bradley Taylor, 26, of Hawson Close, Cloughton, Scarborough, pleaded guilty to failure to stop for the police, driving without insurance, driving without a licence, driving without a valid MOT certificate and two charges of cannabis driving, all committed in Scarborough.
He was given a 16-week prison sentence suspended for two years on condition he does a 26-day rehabilitative programme and 20 days’ rehabilitative activities and was banned from driving for three years. He was ordered to pay a £154 statutory surcharge.
Kelly Gyte, 47, of Victoria Road, Scarborough, pleaded guilty to carrying a hunting knife in public and possessing cannabis, both committed in Scarborough.
He was given a 12-week prison sentence suspended for 12 months and ordered to pay £85 prosecution costs and a £154 statutory surcharge.
Mark Taylor, 33, of Oxcliff, Scarborough, pleaded guilty to using threatening words or behaviour in Scarborough. He was jailed for four weeks.