The defendant recently ruled in York Magistrates' Court.

Gary Raynard, 55, of Baker Street, Heminbrough, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and drunk driving on Foss Island Road, York. He was given an 18-month community order for 25 days of rehabilitation activities and 160 hours of unpaid work. He is banned from driving for 18 months and must pay £85 prosecutor's fees and a statutory surcharge of £114.

Leel Johnstone, 43, of Union Terrace, pleaded guilty to stealing £115.89 worth of meat and cheese from the Co-op Store on Broadway in Fulford, and £46.25 worth of food from the Co-Op Shop at Joseph Terry Grove off Bishopthorpe Road in York, with a six-month community awarded £40 and ordering a 20-day community.

Connor Heath, 21, of Lown Hill, of Acomb, pleaded guilty to causing actual physical harm to a Pickering woman. He was given a 12-month prison sentence suspended for 18 months, subject to 20 days of rehabilitation activities and 150 hours of unpaid work. He was subject to an 18-month restraint order aimed at protecting women, and was ordered to pay prosecutors' fees of £85 and a statutory surcharge of £187.