HM Courts Service: These are the magistrates' court results for the Worthing area from June 15 to July 13, 2026

Neal Scott, 47, of Byron Road and Ivy Arch Road, Worthing: Seven eight-week concurrent prison sentences, suspended for 18 months, and must carry out 120 hours' unpaid work after admitting five charges of assaulting a police constable in the execution of his or her duty, racially aggravated, in Worthing on October 2 and 3, 2025; being found guilty of persistently using a public communications network to cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety in Southwick on January 25, 2025; and being found guilty of using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour with intent, causing harassment, alarm or distress in High Street, Shoreham, on December 5, 2023. Must pay £200 costs. No separate penalty after admitting three charges of being drunk and disorderly in a public place, in Marine Parade, Worthing, on August 23, 2025, in South Street, Worthing, on October 2, 2025, and in Heene Road, Worthing, on October 3, 2025; two charges of obstructing a police constable in the execution of his or her duty in Worthing on September 12 and October 3, 2025; two charges of using threatening or abusive words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress, racially aggravated, in Worthing on September 12 and October 2, 2025; and being found guilty of resisting a police constable in the execution of their duty in High Street, Shoreham, on December 5, 2023.

Charlie Light, 18, of Mendip Road, Worthing: Must pay a total of £30 compensation after admitting theft from a shop, stealing items worth £15 from The Co-op, South Street, Tarring, on January 18 and February 10, 2026.

Jovi Edwards, 36, of Selden Road, Worthing: Fined £50 after admitting breaching a domestic violence order made by Brighton Magistrates' Court on June 10, 2026, by making contact on June 21, 2026.

Keith Lawrence, 39, of Winton Close, Ferring: Fined £100 and must pay £40 victim surcharge, £85 costs, after admitting speeding, driving over 70mph on the A27 Overbridge, West Ashling, on August 1, 2025. Driving record endorsed with three points.

Lee Irwin, 37, of Foundry Road, Yapton: Fined £184 and must pay £74 victim surcharge, £120 costs, after admitting speeding, exceeding the 30mph limit on the A259 Belle Hill, at the junction with the A269 London Road, on October 31, 2025. Driving record endorsed with three points.

Sarah Flynn, 40, of Olliver Acre, Littlehampton: Fined £72 and must pay £28 victim surcharge for using a vehicle with dangerous tyres, having severe cuts / tears to the side walls, in Brighton on February 12, 2022. Driving record endorsed with three points.

Paul Cockerill, 75, of Gratwicke Drive, Littlehampton: Fined £69 and must pay £28 victim surcharge, £120 costs, after admitting speeding, exceeding the 40mph limit on the A27 Upper Brighton Road, Hillbarn, on November 1, 2025. Driving record endorsed with three points.

Thomas Roberts, 19, of Canal Road, Yapton: Fined £120 after admitting driving without due care and attention in Worms Lane, Felpham, on December 9, 2025. Must pay £130 costs, £48 victim surcharge, and driving record endorsed with five points.

Ashley Campbell, 37, of Ivy Arch Road, Worthing: Must pay £48 compensation, £85 costs, after admitting theft from a shop, stealing steaks worth £48 from Marks & Spencer, Worthing, on March 4, 2026.

Alex Kembery, 37, of New Salts Farm Road, Shoreham: Jailed for ten weeks after admitting assault at Beach Green Hotel, Lancing, on February 28, 2026. Jailed for six weeks to run consecutively after admitting sending a message threatening serious harm in Lancing on July 5, 2025. Jailed for six weeks to run concurrently after admitting assault in Lancing in April 2026. Must pay £85 costs and given a restraining order.

Daniel Heathcote, 18, of Meldon Way, Durrington: Fined £200 and must pay £50 compensation, £85 costs, after admitting assaulting an emergency worker, a police constable, by beating in Broadwater Street East, Broadwater, on April 27, 2026. Fined £120 after admitting resisting a police constable in the execution of his duty in Broadwater Street East, Broadwater, on April 27, 2026. Fined £40 after admitting being drunk and disorderly in a public place in Broadwater on April 27, 2026.

Clare Masters, 41, of Sunflower Street, Durrington: Fined £120 after admitting drink-driving (71mg of alcohol in 100ml of breath) in Gratwicke Road, Worthing, on April 21, 2026. Must pay £85 costs, £48 victim surcharge, and disqualified from driving for 19 months.

Bako Faysal, 30, of Broadwater Road, Worthing: Fined £120 after admitting driving without insurance in Beach Road, Littlehampton, on April 27, 2026. Must pay £85 costs, £64 victim surcharge, and disqualified from driving for six months.

Louise Forster, 34, of Shelley Road, Worthing: 12-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, and must carry out 80 hours' unpaid work after admitting driving while disqualified in Teville Road, Worthing, on February 24, 2026. Must pay £154 victim surcharge and disqualified from driving for 18 months. No separate penalty after admitting failing to identify a driver when required by Sussex Police in Shoreham on April 1, 2026, driving without due care and attention, and using a vehicle without insurance.

Michael Burke, 64, of Orme Road, Worthing: Fined £320 after admitting sending a message that was grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character, in Worthing on December 7, 2025. Must pay £85 costs, £128 victim surcharge, and given a restraining order.

Makinde Folorunso, 43, of Cowley Drive, Lancing: Fined £530 after admitting failing to identify a driver when required by Sussex Police at Shoreham on July 31, 2025. Must pay £200 costs, £212 victim surcharge and disqualified from driving for 14 days.

Warren Winton, 62, of Yewtree Close, Lancing: Fined £660 after being found guilty of failing to identify a driver when required by Sussex Police at Shoreham on February 28, 2025. Must pay £650 costs, £264 victim surcharge, and disqualified from driving for seven days.

Michelle Butler, 52, of Rope Walk, Littlehampton: Fined £200 after admitting drug-driving (2.1ug/l cannabis) in The Co-op car park, Chichester Road, Bognor Regis, on January 30, 2026. Fined £80 after admitting possessing amphetamine, a class B drug, in Worthing on January 30, 2026. Must pay £85 costs, £112 victim surcharge, and disqualified from driving for 16 months.

Matthew Tester, 43, of Palmer Road, Angmering: Must pay £250 compensation, £85 costs, after admitting criminal damage to a vehicle to the value of £4,482.56 in Angmering on December 7, 2025.

Keilly Slaughter, 36, of Palmer Road, Angmering: Fined £200 and must pay £50 compensation, £85 costs, £80 victim surcharge, after admitting assaulting a police constable in the execution of his duty in Angmering on January 19, 2026. No separate penalty after admitting resisting a police constable in the execution of his duty in Angmering on January 19, 2026.

Jenson Philpott, 21, of Wiston Avenue, Worthing: Community order and must carry out 80 hours' unpaid work after admitting assaulting a police constable in the execution of his duty in Worthing on April 11, 2026. Must pay £85 costs, £114 victim surcharge.

Daniel Curtis, 34, of New Road, Littlehampton: Community order and must carry out 120 hours' unpaid work after admitting two charges of drug-driving (53ug/l cocaine, more than 800ug/l benzoylecgonine) in Warren Road, Brighton, on August 5, 2025; driving while unfit through drugs and possessing 77 bromazolam tablets, a class C drug, in Brighton on August 5, 2025. Must pay £85 costs, £114 victim surcharge, and disqualified from driving for 30 months.

Jocelyn Makin, 34, of George V Avenue, Worthing: Community order with Building Choices programme requirement and rehabilitation activity requirement, and must carry out 100 hours' unpaid work after admitting stalking without fear / alarm / distress, causing repeated distress of persistent, unwanted contact in Goring on August 30, 2025. Must pay £85 costs, £114 victim surcharge, and given a restraining order.