RECENT cases dealt with by Taunton Magistrates' Courts include:

Olivier Henri Tonglet, 23, of Grays Road, Taunton, assaulted a police officer acting in the exercise of his functions, four months prison suspended for 24 months, £250 compensation; assault by beating, two months prison (concurrent) suspended for 24 months, 200 hours unpaid work, £250 compensation; assaulted a police officer in the exercise of his functions, four months prison (consecutive) suspended for 24 months, £250 compensation; damaged a computer monitor at Musgrove Park Hospital, £200 compensation. (G).

Matthew Gray, 32, of Springfield Road, Wellington, drunk and disorderly, six months conditional discharge, £20 victim surcharge. (G).

Roxanne Sylvia Ashton, 28, of Priorswood Place, Taunton, drug driving, £400 fine, £40 victim surcharge, £85 costs, 12 months driving ban; driving without insurance, no separate penalty. (G).

Robert John Small, 53, of no fixed address, joint theft, £60 fine, £175 compensation. (G).

Leanne Thorne, 34, of Cheddon Lawns, Cheddon Fitzpaine, joint theft, community order, breached a conditional discharge imposed for three counts of theft, fraud, 14 weeks curfew, £334.09 compensation. (G).

Samuel Richard Currow, 19, of Leslie Avenue, Taunton, drunk and disorderly, one year conditional discharge, £20 victim surcharge, £85 costs. (G).

(G) denotes guilty plea or admits offence. Details provided by the courts.