THESE are some of the people from Basingstoke and the surrounding area to recently appear in court:

STEVEN James Carver, 36, of no fixed abode. Pleaded guilty to assaulting another person on November 17, 2018. Fined £40 and ordered to pay £30 victim surcharge and £30 costs.

SEAN William Patrick Dobson, 29, of Lilac Way, Winklebury. Pleaded guilty to assaulting another person on September 19, 2018. Community order made and fined £60. Ordered to pay £85 victim surcharge and £140 costs. Also pleaded guilty to using offensive and threatening language towards another person on the same date. Further community order made.

MATTHEW John Goodall, 23, of Sinclair Drive, Brookvale. Found guilty of assault by beating on May 5, 2018. Sentenced to eight weeks in jail, suspended for one year. Ordered to pay £115 victim surcharge and £240 costs.

GARY Brian Boulter, 48, of Quilter Road, Brighton Hill. Pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle, while under the influence of alcohol on December 20, 2018. Fined £280 and ordered to pay £30 victim surcharge and £85 costs. Banned from driving for one year.

KALEIGH Hardy, 33, of Camford Close, Beggarwood. Pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle, namely a Peugeot 207, while under the influence of alcohol and drugs on September 23, 2018. Community order made and ordered to pay £85 victim surcharge and £85 costs. Banned from driving for 18 months.

MARK David Overington, 39, of Bramley Road, Little London. Pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle, namely a BMW, while under the influence of alcohol on December 21, 2018. Fined £240 and ordered to pay £30 victim surcharge and £85 costs. Banned from driving for 36 months.

NATHAN John Sergeant, 25, of Mount Pleasant, Tadley. Pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle, namely a Ford Fiesta, while under the influence of alcohol on December 22, 2018. Fined £220 and ordered to pay £30 victim surcharge and £85 costs. Banned from driving for 18 months.

AARON Paul Pearce, 42, of no fixed abode. Pleaded guilty to stealing alcohol to the value of £178 from the Morrison’s store in Worting Road on January 10, 2019. Sentenced to 28 days in jail suspended for six months and ordered to pay £20 in compensation. Also pleaded guilty to stealing alcohol to the value of £152 from a Tesco store in Andover on December 20, 2018. Sentenced to 28 days in jail to run concurrently with count one.

ALEXANDER William Sidney Jones, 22, of Chalk Vale, Old Basing. Pleaded guilty assaulting a police detention officer on November 18, 2018. Sentenced to eight weeks in jail, suspended for one year and ordered to pay £100 in compensation. Also pleaded guilty to causing damage to a police cell on the same date. Ordered to pay a further £50 in compensation.

PAIGE Ingram, 21, of Eastrop Way, Eastrop. Pleaded guilty to assault by beating on October 31, 2018. Fined £40 and ordered to pay £30 victim surcharge.

DARREN Nicol, 37, of Osborne Close, Houndmills. Pleaded guilty to assault by beating on December 31, 2018. Community order made and ordered to pay £45 in compensation and £40 costs. Also pleaded to two counts of criminal damage on the same date. Further community order made and ordered to pay £212 in compensation.