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

ALLEN BOWDEN, 48, of Lewis Street, Blackwood, was jailed for eight weeks after he admitted stealing seven joints of beef worth £66.43 from Aldi on September 10.

SANU MIAH, 48, of Milman Street, Newport, was ordered to pay £344 in a fine, costs and a surcharge for driving while he was using a hand-held mobile telephone on Alice Street on February 17.

His driving record was endorsed with six points.

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OLIVER PREECE, 26, of Park Hill, Tredegar, was ordered to pay £344 in a fine, compensation, costs and a surcharge after he admitted causing criminal damage to a Gwent Police van in Caerphilly on August 11.

OLIVER HUGH BARTON, 27, of Tanybryn, Pontymister, Risca, was ordered to pay £816 in a fine, costs and a surcharge for failing to give information relating to the identification of the driver of a vehicle who was alleged to have been guilty of an offence.

His driving record was endorsed with six points.

MADELEINE BURROWS, 42, of Oak Street, Abertillery, was ordered to pay £816 in a fine, costs and a surcharge for failing to give information relating to the identification of the driver of a vehicle who was alleged to have been guilty of an offence.

Her driving record was endorsed with six points.

JULIAN MATTHEW GARDNER, 51, of Alma Street, Brynmawr, was ordered to pay £816 in a fine, costs and a surcharge for failing to give information relating to the identification of the driver of a vehicle who was alleged to have been guilty of an offence.

His driving record was endorsed with six points.

MATTHEW GROVES, 49, of Kemeys Road, Llancayo, near Usk, was ordered to pay £816 in a fine, costs and a surcharge for driving without insurance on the A472 on February 28.

His driving record was endorsed with six points.

MICHAEL LEE, 33, of Albert Street, Newport, was ordered to pay £816 in a fine, costs and a surcharge for driving without insurance on Clarence Place on February 24.

His driving record was endorsed with six points.

DALE ROBERT WILLIAMS, 27, of Hawthorn Avenue, Hengoed, Caerphilly, was ordered to pay £284 in fines, costs and a surcharge for driving without insurance and driving without insurance on Park View, Bargoed, on February 23.

His driving record was endorsed with six points.