Three cases heard at Swindon and Salisbury magistrates courts

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Joseph Savage pleaded guilty to four driving offences following a crash in Warminster in March.

Joseph Savage, 20, of Cheney Walk, Westbury, pleaded guilty on 12 October to four offences arising from a crash on 29 March. He was charged with driving without due care and attention, failing to stop after a crash, using a motor vehicle likely to cause danger, and failing to report the incident. Savage, who was 19 at the time, crashed a Mercedes into a wall on Westbury Road in Warminster and fled the scene. Salisbury Magistrates' Court fined him £883, reduced from £1,325 after his guilty pleas. He was also given eight penalty points, ordered to pay Crown Prosecution Service costs of £85, and hit with a £353 surcharge.

Benjamin Bushnell, 39, of Wisbech in Cambridgeshire, was sentenced on 13 October at Swindon Magistrates' Court for assaulting a police officer in Trowbridge on 24 March. He was ordered to pay £150 compensation and a £50 fine.

Robert Merrylees of Queens Crescent in Chippenham appeared at Swindon Magistrates' Court on 14 October facing a charge of sending by public communication network an offensive, indecent or menacing message or matter. The proceedings did not conclude at that hearing.

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• IN THE DOCK: Latest cases at Swindon and Salisbury Magistrates CourtsThe following cases were heard at Swindon and Salisbury courts.Gazette & Herald · 23 Oct, 05:00
• IN THE DOCK: Latest cases at Swindon and Salisbury Magistrates CourtsThe following cases were heard at Swindon and Salisbury courts.Wiltshire Times · 23 Oct, 05:00

In this story: Joseph Savage · Benjamin Bushnell · Robert Merrylees · Salisbury Magistrates' Court · Swindon Magistrates' Court · Westbury · Warminster · Trowbridge

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