WEST DORSET

MICHAEL WILLIAM CATMULL, aged 62, of West Bay Road, Bridport. Admitted driving a vehicle on the A35 Puddletown Bypass at a speed exceeding 70mph. Fined £146 and to pay costs of £85. Driving record endorsed with 3 penalty points.

GREGORY JOSEPH MERRIDAN, aged 25, of St James, Beaminster. Admitted driving a vehicle on the A3066 at Melplash at a speed exceeding 30mph. Fined £367 and to pay costs of £85. Driving record endorsed with 6 penalty points.

SYED ALI, aged 45, of no fixed abode. Admitted driving a vehicle on East Street, Bridport after consuming so much alcohol that the proportion of it in breath was 45 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. Fined £120 and to pay costs of £85. Disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for 12 months.

EDWARD JOHN WYNDHAM FOUND, aged 47, of Lower Moorbath Farm, near Bridport. Found guilty of assault by beating. Fined £346 and to pay costs of £620.

STEVEN PAUL PHILPOTT, aged 60, of Magdalen Lane, Bridport. Found guilty of being the driver of a vehicle, namely a council works lorry, owing to the presence of which on a public place, namely East Street car park, Bridport, an accident occurred whereby damage was caused to another vehicle, failed to stop. Fined £300 and to pay costs of £620. Driving record endorsed with 8 penalty points. Also found guilty of being the driver of a vehicle, namely a council works lorry, owing to the presence of which on a public place, namely East Street car park, Bridport, an accident occurred whereby damage was caused to another vehicle, and not having given his name and address to a person having reasonable grounds for requiring him to do so, failed to report the accident at a police station or to a constable as soon as was reasonably practicable, and in any case within 24 hours of the occurrence of the accident. Fined £219.

ROBERT GEORGE HOLMES, aged 78, of Pitmans Lane, Ryall. Admitted pursuing a course of conduct which amounted to harassment. Restraining order made. Fined £80 and to pay costs of £38.