Details from court registers February 18, 19, 25, 26, and March 3, 4

ADRIAN WILLIAM PERKINS, aged 64, of The Esplanade, Weymouth. Found guilty at Bridport of assault thereby occasioning actual bodily harm. Community order with rehabilitation activity requirement. Restraining orders made. To pay compensation of £250 and costs of £650.

JANET ROE, aged 52, of Neils View, Maiden Newton. Admitted assault at Crossways. Discharged conditionally for 2 years.

HARRY RICHARD STICKLEY, aged 24, of Broadmead Avenue, Bridport. Admitted driving a vehicle on Pilsdon Close, Beaminster, when the proportion of a controlled drug, namely cocaine, in blood was 32 ug/LF, exceeding the specified limit. Fined £207 and to pay costs of £85. Disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for 12 months.

ASHLEY DAVID JAMES RODWAY, aged 29, of Sheridan Close, Frampton. Admitted at the Memorial Playing Fields, Beaminster had with him without good reason or lawful authority, in a public place an article which had a blade or was sharply pointed, namely a Rambo knife. Community order with curfew requirement and rehabilitation activity requirement. To pay costs of £85. Knuckle duster to be forfeited and destroyed.