RECENT cases dealt with by Taunton Magistrates' Courts include:

Taylor John den Hollander, 22, of Cassino Road, Watchet, drink driving, £369 fine, £36 victim surcharge, £85 costs, 20 month driving ban. (G).

Krispin Troy Anton Tuck, 28, of Hob Close, Monkton Heathfield, drink driving, failed to stop after an accident, community order, 80 hours unpaid work, 20 months driving ban, £300 compensation, £90 victim surcharge, £85 costs. (G).

Barnaby Green, 23, of Dyers Lane, Bathpool, drug driving, £311 fine, £32 victim surcharge, £85 costs, 12 months driving ban; drug driving, no separate penalty. (G).

Joe Alexander Richardson, 21, of Outer Circle, Taunton, possession of cannabis, £80 fine, £32 victim surcharge, £85 costs. (G).

Joshua Stephen Dodds, 25, of Greenway, Bishops Lydeard, drug driving, six months conditional discharge, £20 victim surcharge, £85 costs, 12 months driving ban. (G).

Edward Burnell Lane, 25, of Pear Tree Way, Wellington, possession in public of a lock knife, community order, £85 victim surcharge, £85 costs. (G).

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