Court round-up: Dangerous dogs, stun guns and cannabis farmers

JANE ELIZABETH SEAGRAVE, from West Auckland, was ordered to pay £500 after her black and white collie dog attacked a man whilst being dangerously out of control.

CHRISTOPHER LAIDLAW, 39, of Wylam Street, Bowburn, was handed a community order requiring him to undergo rehabilitation after he was caught growing 17 cannabis plants on March 12, of this year.

Williams, of Cotsford Park Estate, was discharged conditionally for six months and made to pay £75 compensation.

Walker, 51, changed his plea to guilty and was ordered to pay a £90 victim surcharge and £40 to the Crown Prosecution Service.

JACK MICHAEL MACKENZIE, from Auckland Avenue, Darlington, attended an address on April 9, 2021, breaching a restraining order imposed by the court.

GLEN ROOTE, of Darlington, was fined £92 after being caught in possession of an electronic stun gun on December 28, 2020.

JOHN WILLIAM WILSON, 45, of no fixed address, was sent to prison for eight weeks after he broke into Durham County Council offices, in Spennymoor, with intent to steal.

TERRY WILSON, 42, of Eighth Street, Horden, was sent to prison for four weeks after he made an attempt to enter a building as a trespasser with intent to steal on April 25, 2021.

MARK HARRY KINSEY, 44, was given a community order making him subject to electronic monitoring and a curfew after he assaulted a woman by beating her on February 28, 2021.

NATALIE HODGSON, 35, of no fixed address, stole confectionary from Newton Aycliffe Post Office, on April 10, 2021.

KAI LEWIS TYLER LUCAS, 23, of Frank Avenue, Deanside, was given a 16-week consecutive prison sentence after he assaulted a police officer on November 7, 2020.

CLAIRE DIXON, 34, of Cornwell Court, Murton, was handed a community order after she assaulted a police officer, on March 14, 2021.

KYLE BARNETT, 22, OF Cravens Cottages, Wingate, was ordered to pay £604 compensation after damaging a Ford Focus.

CRAIG MICHAEL MCGEE, from Darlington, was sent to prison for one month after he stole £103 worth of products from Sainsbury’s in Darlington, on May 7, 2020.

JAMES LEE, 33, of Northumbria Place, Stanley, was fined £1,000 and disqualified from driving for 24 months following an incident on May 14, 2021.

TOWINA LOUISE SMITH, 42, of Glebe Avenue, Peterlee, was fined £200 and disqualified from driving for 16 months after being caught driving whilst under the influence of a controlled drug which exceeded the specified limit.

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