The latest cases to be heard at Harrogate Magistrates Court between October 21 and October 27

The following was heard at North Yorkshire Magistrates’ Court on October 22:

Luke Stoker, 31, of no fixed address, was made subject to a domestic-violence-protection order to stop him harassing a named Harrogate woman. The 28-day order, which was requested by police and granted by the court, prohibits Stoker from intimidating, harassing, contacting and threatening the woman with violence. It also bans him entering her property in Harrogate.

The following were heard at North Yorkshire Magistrates’ Court on October 23:

Robert John Clarke, 49, of East Parade, Harrogate, was fined £230 and had three points added to his licence for stopping his vehicle on a pelican crossing, but there was no driving ban under the totting-up procedure due to mitigating circumstances. He admitted being the driver of a van which stopped in a pelican-controlled area. The offence occurred on Otley Road, Harrogate, on January 7. The court did not impose a driving disqualification. He was ordered to pay £90 prosecution costs and a £92 statutory surcharge.

David Andrew Metcalfe, 44, of Stagecoach Drive, Boroughbridge, was fined £230 and had eight points added to his licence for driving without insurance but was spared a motoring ban due to mitigating circumstances. The offences were detected on the B163 Thistle Hill in Knaresborough on February 5. He was ordered to pay £90 costs and a £92 surcharge. There were no separate penalties for driving without a test certificate and for not recording the name and address of the keeper of the vehicle on the drivers’ register.

Ivan Mihaylov, 21, of Franklin Road, Harrogate, was fined £311 and had eight points added to his licence for driving without insurance. The offence was detected in Regent Street, Harrogate, on January 30. He was ordered to pay £90 costs and a statutory surcharge of £124.

Samuel Spence, 24, of Scotton Drive, Knaresborough, was fined £750 and had six points added to his licence, but there was no driving ban under the totting-up procedure due to mitigating reasons. The offence was detected on February 11 when Spence was driving on York Road, Knaresborough. He was ordered to pay £90 costs and a £300 surcharge, but the court did not impose a driving disqualification.

The following were heard at North Yorkshire Magistrates’ Court on October 25:

Steven Hill, 42, of Lindley Mews, Harrogate, was fined £40 for breaching a community order. He admitted failing to comply with its requirements by missing two rehabilitation-activity appointments in May and September without reasonable excuse. He was ordered to pay £60 costs.

Gary Anthony Jackson, 35, from Harrogate, was ordered to carry out a further 10 hours of unpaid work after breaching a community order. He failed to meet its requirements by missing an unpaid-work session in June. Jackson, who has a C/O address of Newby Crescent, must complete the extra 10 hours within the next 12 months. His entire unpaid-work requirement was extended by six months, until May 2026, by which time he must complete the outstanding 95 hours.

Harley George Stacey, 19, of Cedar Close, Ripon, was ordered to carry out an extra 10 hours’ unpaid work after he admitted failing to comply with the requirements of a community order. He breached the order by failing to attend unpaid-work appointments on in August and September. He was ordered to pay £60 costs.

Leigh Sherburne, 36, of Priest Lane, Ripon, was ordered to carry out further unpaid work after breaching a community order. He failed to comply with its requirements by missing three unpaid-work sessions in September and “failing to comply with unpaid work as instructed” in August. He was ordered to complete the extra 10 hours by April next year and the entire unpaid-work requirement was extended by six months, until October 2025, by which time he must have completed the outstanding 152 hours. He was ordered to pay £60 costs.