Criminal damage at a Jarrow pub, malicious communications and drunk and disorderly: Defendants sentenced by South Tyneside magistrates.

Magistrates have sentenced defendants from South Tyneside for offences including criminal damage of a pub, sending malicious messages and being drunk and disorderly in the street.
By The Newsroom
Published 29th Jun 2019, 06:00 BST
Updated 1st Jul 2019, 18:43 BST
The cases were heard at South Tyneside Magistrates' CourtThe cases were heard at South Tyneside Magistrates' Court
The cases were heard at South Tyneside Magistrates' Court

South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court results – as published in the most recent court lists are as follows:

Kevin Dunlop, 23, of Broughton Road in South Shields, pleaded guilty to damaging a pub window in Jarrow.

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Dunlop damaged the £300 window at the Ben Lomond pub on September 29 last year.

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He was fined £120, ordered to pay £300 compensation and must also pay costs of £85 and a victim surcharge of £30.

Kevin Gaunt, 38, pleaded guilty to stealing 11 tins of Lynx deodorant worth £44 from the Wilko shop in Sunderland.

Gaunt, of Lawe Road in South Shields, stole the products on April 23, 2019. He was given a conditional discharge for six months and ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £20.

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Teenager Aaron McLaughlin will be sentenced for harassment and a malicious communications offence after pleading guilty to the charge.

McLaughlin, of Dock Street in South Shields, admitted sending more than 250 messages to a woman between May 21 and May 23 this year.The 18-year-old will be sentenced on July 10.

Michael Finley, of Beach Road in South Shields, admitted being drunk and disorderly in Gateshead.

The offence took place on June 1 in Sheriffs Highway.

Finley, 36, was given a conditional discharge and must pay a £20 victim surcharge.