Court Round-up: Spending a penny in the street costs man £100

Jason Scanlon, 33, of Beach Road, South Shields, was given a six-month conditional discharge after admitting urinating in a public place, namely Dean Road, on Thursday, February 25.

He was also ordered to pay £85 prosecution costs and a £15 victim surcharge.

Chloe Twidale, 23, of Hospital Drive, Hebburn, was given a six-month conditional discharge and must pay £15 compensation after admitting an assault in Hebburn on Saturday, January 9.

Danielle Wright, 29, of Lumley Avenue, South Shields, was disqualified from driving for 12 months and fined £230 after admitting driving with excess alcohol in Ocean Road, South Shields, on Saturday, April 2.

She must also pay prosecution costs of £85 and a £23 victim surcharge.

Scott Atkinson, 21, of Prensgarth Way, South Shields, was fined £125 and had his driving licence endorsed with three penalty points after pleading guilty to driving a Vauxhall Vectra vehicle without due care and attention in Whiteleas Way, South Shields on Monday, February 1.

He was given no separate penalty after admitting a second charge of failing to stop the vehicle when required by a police constable on the same date.

He must also pay prosecution costs of £85 and a £20 victim surcharge.

Judd Lawson, 24, of Alice Street, South Shields, was fined £110 after admitting failing to comply with notification requirements of the sexual offences act on Saturday, November 7.

He failed to notify police of foreign travel.

He was also ordered to pay prosecution costs of £85 and a £20 victim surcharge.

Paul Miller, 28, of Scarborough Parade, Hebburn, was given a six-month conditional discharge and must pay a £15 victim surcharge after admitting resisting a police constable in the execution of their duty.

The offence happened in Jarrow on Wednesday, December 23.