The following cases were heard at Reading and Slough Magistrates’ Courts: 

August 1

AARON KEMP, 25, of Manor Park Drive, Finchampstead, admitted breaching the requirements of a community order by failing to attend unpaid work on two occasions. Ordered to pay costs of £60. 
LEONARDO APOSTU, 18, of Meadowcroft, Barkham, admitted breaching the requirements of a community order by failing to attend unpaid work on three occasions. Fined £50 and made to pay costs of £60. 

August 5

CHRISTIN BOBOLOT, 45, of Buckthorns, Bracknell, convicted of travelling on a railway without having paid a fare at Reading on February 15, 2022. Fined £220, made to pay compensation of £7 and ordered to pay costs of £214 in court costs. 


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