South Somerset offenders sentenced in Magistrates' court

Steffan Ayres, 51, of Fore Street, Chard, was found guilty of using threatening, abusive, or insulting words/disorderly behaviour with intent to cause the victim harassment, alarm or distress in Taunton on February 8, 2026.

Ayres has been ordered to pay £300 in compensation and a fine of £180.

Benjamin Goodlad, 37, of Orchard Rise, Crewkerne, pleaded guilty to drink driving and driving without due care and attention on Wood Street, Taunton, on August 24, 2025.

Goodlad was ordered to pay costs of £350, a surcharge of £520 and a fine of £1300.

Goodlad has also been disqualified from driving for 14 months, with a disqualification reduction period of 106 days.

Paramjeet Singh, 27, of Woodland Grove, Yeovil, has pleaded guilty to failing to give information relating to the identification of the driver of a vehicle who was allegedly guilty of an offence on August 27, 2025.

Singh will have six national penalty points put on their licence and will face a disqualification period of six months.

Singh has been ordered to pay £120 in costs, a surcharge of £48 and a fine of £120.

Kim Edwards, 65, of Haselbury Plucknett, Crewkerne, pleaded guilty to driving down a road in Roundham Village, South Somerset, at 46mph – exceeding the 40mph limit.

Edward has been ordered to pay £120 in costs, a surcharge of £138 and a fine of £346,

Edward will also have three national penalty points added to their licence.

Lee Clothier, 35, of Lyde Road, Yeovil, pleaded guilty to stealing coffee items to the value of £34.16 from Costcutter, Yeovil and for breaching a criminal behaviour order by placing items from a shop into a bag before paying on March 30, 2026.

Clothier also pleaded guilty to failing to surrender at Yeovil Magistrates’ Court on or about May 12, 2026, having been released on bail in criminal proceedings in Bridgwater on March 30, 2026.

Clothier was ordered to pay £85 in costs, and a fine of £240.