Damaging bedroom furniture and drink driving - a round up of the latest South Tyneside court cases

The following cases have taken place recently in Sunderland or South Shields at South Northumbria Magistrates’ Court:

By Gavin Ledwith

24th Jul 2020, 7:00am - 2 min read

Sean Burnside, 36, of Cheviot Road, South Shields, received an eight-week jail term, which was suspended for six months, after admitting failing to comply with a community order which was imposed in July 2018.

Daniel Moan, 73, of Howe Street, Hebburn, was banned from driving for three years, fined £450 and ordered to pay a £45 victim surcharge and £85 prosecution costs after admitting drink driving on March 15.

David Wann, 34, of Aldridge Street, South Shields, was placed on a community order and ordered to pay £90 prosecution costs and a £90 victim surcharge after admitting committing assault on December 22 last year.

The cases were dealt with by South Northumbria Magistrates' Court in either Sunderland or South Shields, above.

Paul Stewart, 60, of St Vincent Street, South Shields, must carry out 80 hours unpaid work as part of a community order and was also ordered to pay a £90 victim surcharge and £85 prosecution costs after he admitted committing harassment between March 23 and April 15.

Thomas Brian Mogie, 26, of Calf Close Lane, Jarrow, received a 19-week jail term, which was suspended for two years, after admitting causing £4,000 of damage to bedroom furniture in Sunderland on November 11 last year, harassing a woman between January 4-July 5 and damaging a motor vehicle in July last year.

Carl McAlindon, 35, of Abbey Drive, Jarrow, was fined £80 and ordered to pay a £34 victim surcharge and £85 prosecution costs after admitting possessing a class B drug and possessing what he thought was a class C drug on April 23.

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