The following are the latest results contributed by HM Courts Service, for cases from the Worthing area sentenced by West Sussex Magistrates’ Court sitting at Worthing, Crawley and Horsham from November 3 to 9, 2026.

Vincent Lock, 41, of Holmbush Close, Shoreham: Fined £2,000 after admitting assault by beating in Shoreham on October 9, 2025. Must pay £200 compensation after admitting criminal damage to a £50 shirt in Shoreham on October 9, 2025. No separate penalty after admitting driving without due care and attention in Upper Kingston Lane, Shoreham, on October 9, 2025. Must pay £400 costs, £800 victim surcharge, and driving record endorsed with three points.

Jake Tucker, 26, of Goodacres, Barnham: Fined £53 after admitting speeding, exceeding the 40mph limit on the A27 Upper Brighton Road, Hillbarn, on May 18, 2026. Must pay £90 costs, £120 victim surcharge, and disqualified from driving for six months.

Alexander Georgiou, 34, of Norfolk Road, Littlehampton: Fined £76 after admitting using a handheld mobile phone while driving in Warren Road, Worthing, on August 11, 2026. Must pay £90 costs, £30 victim surcharge, and disqualified from driving for six months.

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Kimitra Charnock, 42, of Centrecourt Road, Worthing: Fined £120 after admitting speeding, exceeding the 40mph limit on the A27 Old Shoreham Road on July 9, 2026. Must pay £90 costs, £48 victim surcharge, and driving record endorsed with six points.

Christopher Kerse, 38, of Lyminster Road, Littlehampton: Admitted breaching a suspended sentence order made by Crawley Magistrates' Court on April 24, 2026, by failing to attend appointments on June 18 and July 2, 2026. Dealt with for the original offences, with the 24-week prison sentence for assault causing actual bodily harm, the 16-week concurrent prison sentence for theft of a pedal cycle and two 16-week concurrent prison sentences for assault by beating, all in Littlehampton on January 16, 2026, being activated in full. Jailed for 26 weeks to run consecutively after admitting theft of a pedal cycle worth £1,000 in Lineside Way, Littlehampton, on June 16, 2026. Jailed for 16 weeks to run concurrently after admitting assaulting a police constable in the execution of his duty in High Street, Bognor Regis, on September 9, 2026; two charges of assaulting a police constable in the execution of his duty in Station Road, Bognor Regis, on September 9, 2026; and theft from a shop, stealing a hairdryer and mini massage gun worth £129.98 from Boots, Bognor Regis, on September 9, 2026. Jailed for 12 weeks to run concurrently after admitting four charges of theft from a shop, stealing food and drink worth £77.70 from The Co-op, Arundel, on February 22, 2026, food and drink from The Co-op, Arundel, on March 18, 2026, food and drink worth £147.85 from Morrisons, Littlehampton, on June 22, and food and drink worth £119 from Morrisons, Littlehampton, on June 22, 2026.

Gareth Smith, 50, of Ullswater Road, Sompting: 16-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, with 120-day alcohol abstinence and monitoring requirement and six-month mental health treatment requirement after admitting drink-driving (140mg of alcohol in 100ml of breath) in Chatsworth Road, Worthing, on March 11, 2026. Must pay £85 costs, £154 victim surcharge, and disqualified from driving for 36 months. No separate penalty after admitting driving without insurance and otherwise than in accordance with a licence.

Leon Denyer, 32, of Byron Road, Worthing: Fined £40 and must pay £35 compensation, £85 costs, £16 victim surcharge, after admitting theft from a shop, stealing a £35 bottle of whiskey from Tesco, Durrington, on August 4, 2026.

Michael Bell, 30, of Romany Road, Worthing: Community order and must carry out 80 hours' unpaid work after admitting possessing a folding lock knife without good reason in The Boulevard, Worthing, on November 21, 2025. Must pay £400 costs.