A ROUND-UP of recent cases heard at Cardiff Magistrates’ Court.

CRAIG SZUCHNIK, 24, of Stratford Green, Barry was banned from driving for six months for driving without insurance and driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence on Laleston Close on October 24, 2023.

He must pay £1,014 in a fine, costs and a surcharge.

STEVEN WHEATLEY, aged 21, of Powis View, Barry must pay £258 in a fine, costs and a surcharge for driving without insurance and driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence on Holton Road on October 17, 2023.

His driving record was endorsed with six points.

THOMAS DOBBINSON, 27, of Aneurin Road, Barry was sentenced to a 12-month community order and banned from driving for 22 months after he pleaded guilty to drug driving with a cocaine derivative in his blood on Walker Road on September 5, 2023.

He must carry out 120 hours of unpaid work, complete a 20-day rehabilitation activity requirement and pay a £114 surcharge and £85 costs.

GLEN HOWELLS, 57, of Holton Road, Barry, was ordered to pay £234 compensation after he admitted causing criminal damage to a South Wales Police Ford Transit van in Cardiff on December 19, 2023.

He was fined £50 and must pay a £20 surcharge.

BENJAMIN LAWRENCE, 46, of Glen Mavis Way, Barry must pay £398 in a fine, costs and a surcharge for speeding at 36mph in a 30mph zone on Cowbridge Road West, Cardiff on July 24, 2023.

His driving record was endorsed with three points.

MICHAEL JOHN BOLT, 65, of Dorothy Close, Barry must pay £398 in a fine, costs and a surcharge for speeding at 39mph in a 30mph zone on the B4265 St Brides Road, Wick, on July 29, 2023.

His driving record was endorsed with three points.

ANTHONY JOSEPH COWLEY, 54, of Holton Road, Barry must pay £398 in a fine, costs and a surcharge for speeding at 35mph in a 30mph zone on Skomer Road on August 11, 2023.

His driving record was endorsed with three points.