Bury: Courts deal with driving offences and abusive behaviour

By Chris Jaffray Former Crime Reporter

Magistrates have dealt with a range of cases recently (Image: NQ)

A number of people from Bury have recently been before the courts.

Magistrates have penalised people for possession of drugs, motoring offences and abusive behaviour.

Jordan Winstanley was found in possession of cannabis in Bury in October last year.

The 28-year-old admitted the offence at Manchester Magistrates Court.

Winstanley, from Thorn View, Fairfield, Bury, was fined £120.

Stuart Cockley drove a Peugeot on Castle Hill Road, Fairfield, Bury, with excess alcohol in his system.

The 35-year-old was breathalysed and found to have 65 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath.

The legal limit is 35.

Cockley, from Haslam Street, Bury, admitted the offence at Manchester Magistrates Court.

He was banned from the roads for 18 months and fined £120.

Nathan Beetson was abusive to police officers and paramedics in Bolton.

The 33-year-old carried out the offence in November last year.

He admitted it at Bolton Magistrates Court.

Beetson, from Holbeach Close, Brandlesholme, Bury, was fined £769.

Kayne Parr drove under the cannabis while disqualified, with no insurance and with a fake vehicle excise document on Roman Road, Prestwich.

The 25-year-old was also found with cocaine on the same date in December 2022.

He admitted all the offences at Manchester Magistrates Court.

Parr, from Firwood Crescent, Radcliffe, was jailed for 16 weeks and was banned from the roads for 1,347 days.

Callum Yates drove a Volkswagen Golf on the M1 in Barnsley with no insurance or a licence in July last year.

The case against the 35-year-old was proved at Sheffield Magistrates Court.

Yates, from Ryecroft, Whitefield, was fined £660 and given eight points on his licence.

Andrew Astbury drove a Ford Transit on Oaklands Road, Salford, while under the influence of cannabis.

The 29-year-old admitted the offence, which took place in March last year, at Manchester Magistrates Court.

Astbury, from Borough Avenue, Radcliffe, was fined £415 and banned from the roads for 36 months.

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