Six people punished for crimes against Oxfordshire police officers

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 14 Oct, 16:38 · Archive

Six people have been convicted and punished for separate crimes against police officers across Oxfordshire, with cases heard in magistrates' court.

Michael Bentley, 34, of Oxford pleaded guilty to beating a police officer in Cornmarket on 30 July and damaging a police van. He was ordered to pay £50 in compensation. Jekope Tava, 29, also of Oxford pleaded guilty to racially aggravated intentional harassment against a police officer on 12 September. Tava was fined £300 and ordered to pay costs of £85. Victor John, 25, of Oxford pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer in Bicester on 11 June and failing to surrender to bail on 20 August. He was ordered to pay £114 in compensation and must undergo six months of rehabilitation.

David Radband, 40, of Bampton pleaded guilty to using threatening behaviour towards two police officers in Burford on 5 June and was jailed for two weeks. He also pleaded guilty to criminal damage of a television and Ring doorbell in Carterton on the same date and was fined £192. Radband was separately convicted of common assault of a woman in Witney on 10 April, for which he was jailed for eight weeks.

How it is being reported

• People named and shamed in court recently for crimes against police officersSix people have recently been named, shamed and punished for crimes against police officers across Oxfordshire.Oxfordshire Guardian · 14 Oct, 16:00
• People named and shamed in court recently for crimes against police officersSix people have recently been named, shamed and punished for crimes against police officers across Oxfordshire.Oxford Mail · 14 Oct, 16:00

In this story: Oxfordshire · Oxford · Michael Bentley · Jekope Tava · Victor John · David Radband

This summary was written by AI from the headlines and standfirsts above, and states as fact only what at least two outlets report. How we use AI · Report a problem