Assaults, drugs and obstructing police - the latest South Tyneside court cases
The following South Tyneside cases have been heard by South Northumbria Magistrates’ Court, which sits at both South Shields and Sunderland, recently:
Michael Nicholson, 37, of Hospital Drive, Hebburn, received a six-month conditional discharge and was ordered to pay £50 and a £21 victim surcharge after admitting assaulting a woman on August 17.
Raymond John Parker, 30, of Lindisfarne Road, Jarrow, was fined £40 and ordered to pay £300 compensation, a £32 victim surcharge and £85 prosecution costs after admitting causing criminal damage to a window on April 5.
Christopher Ian Woodward, 34, of Beach Road, South Shields, was fined £40 and ordered to pay a £34 with £85 costs after admitting possessing amphetamines on May 9.


Jason Lee Scanlon, 37, of Cook Close, South Shields, was banned from driving for 36 months, fined £120 and ordered to pay a £34 victim surcharge and £85 costs after admitting drink driving on September 8.
Michael Craig Scott, 40, of Johnson Street, South Shields, was fined £40 and ordered to pay a £34 victim surcharge and £85 costs after admitting two counts of obstructing police officers in the course of their duties on September 8.
Aaron Sutherland, 28, of Dean Road, South Shields, was fined £40 and ordered to pay a £34 victim surcharge and £85 costs after admitting two counts of obstructing police officers in the course of their duties on September 8.
Raymond Lee Boyle, 48, of Elm Street, Jarrow, received a 12-month conditional discharge and was ordered to pay £90 compensation after admitting possessing cannabis on March 13 and committing attempted theft and theft on April 4.