The south Essex magistrates' court cases heard this week

The crimes heard in the courts have ranged from an attack with a broken flag pole, a teenager failing to attend meetings, and a driver locked up for breaching orders days after they were given.

All these cases have their own unique stories to them, and all have been given justice.

Here are the details of the sentences passed.

Harry Sampson from Westcliff has been spared jail after attacking a man with a broken flag pole.

Sampson carried out the vicious attack in Rayleigh in July last year.

The 19-year-old of Highfield Gardens, Westcliff, was dragged before Southend Magistrates' Court where he admitted possessing an offensive weapon, which was the broken flag pole and beating his victim with it.

The attack happened in Rayleigh on July 12.

The following month on August 20, in Bull Lane, Rayleigh, Sampson was stopped by police and arrested after being found with a Joker flick knife without reasonable excuse.

Sampson was given a total sentence of 42 weeks in prison suspended for two years.

He was given 30 days of rehabilitation and 260 hours of unpaid work which he must complete within a year.

Sampson must also pay £100 in compensation to his victim.

Both weapons that were seized were ordered to be destroyed by the police.

Joseph Taylor, 56, of Blenheim Chase, Leigh, appeared at Southend Magistrates' Court after he caused the damage on April 29 this year.

Taylor caused the damage to the police van in Leigh, which was estimated to be up to £5,000, and had intended to try and destroy the van.

The magistrates' bench chose to give Taylor a fine of £80, and he must also pay £100 in compensation to the police along with £50 costs to the prosecution.

Steven Dumont, 43, had his home raided on November 28 last year in Schoenheit, Crays Hill where child abuse images were discovered on devices.

In total, he had 21 category C images of children - the least serious kind of abuse material.

He admitted the crimes and was sentenced at Basildon Magistrates’ Court.

He was given a community order for three years where he must complete 30 days of rehabilitation.

Neil Cannon was stopped in Southend on November 2 last year where he drove at more than 40 miles an hour on Southend Arterial Road and Rayleigh Road.

Cannon, 52, of Hainault Avenue, Westcliff, was clocked at 48 miles an hour.

He appeared at Basildon Magistrates’ Court where he was fined £220.

He was also given three points on his driving licence.

Stephen Pelham, 58, of Wood Farm Close, Leigh, admitted harassing another man in Leigh on April 22 this year.

At Basildon Magistrates’ Court he was fined £172.

Jamie Choules, 40, of Godlings Way, Braintree, appeared at Basildon Magistrates’ Court where he admitted the offence which happened last year.

Choules was pulled over by police in Whitmore Way, Basildon on July 25.

Following a drugs test he was found to have Benzoylecgonine in his system that was over the legal limit.

The magistrates’ bench gave Choules a fine of £120 and he must also pay costs of £105 to the Crown Prosecution Service.

He was disqualified from driving for a year.

Christopher McWalter, 18, of St Peters Close, Ilford, appeared at Basildon Magistrates’ Court where he admitted having three category A images of children - the most serious kind - in Basildon between August 8 and 9 in 2018.

He was given a community order with 50 days of rehabilitation and a £30 fine.

Nick Trowell, 38, of Plumleys, Pitsea, was hauled before Basildon Magistrates’ Court after he was pulled over in Plumleys on April 1 this year.

Trowell was driving a Volkswagen Golf while he was disqualified from driving, and he did not have a licence or insurance on the car.

This was just days after he was given a community order at magistrates’ court on March 29 for identical offences on Canvey.

The magistrates’ bench jailed Trowell for 16 weeks, due to his poor history of complying with court orders and his previous offending.

Alfie Kemp, 19, of York Road, Southend, appeared at Basildon Magistrates’ Court where he admitted failing to comply with the requirement of a suspended sentence.

The order was imposed on August 13 last year, but he failed to attend meetings on May 4 and May 12.

The suspended sentence was for possessing a knife on June 18 last year.

The magistrates’ bench chose to keep the order running and ordered Kemp to pay costs of £60.