RECENT cases dealt with by Taunton Magistrates' Courts include.

Lavinia Magdalena Alexuc, 24, of Higher Vexford, Lydeard St Lawrence, drink driving, £200 fine, £30 victim surcharge, £85 costs, 16 months driving ban; driving without insurance, no separate penalty. (G).

Scott Lloyd Rossiter, 47, of Greenway Road, Taunton, drink driving, £460 fine, £46 victim surcharge, £85 costs, 24 months driving ban. (G).

Sharron Storm, 55, of St Augustine Street, Taunton, theft, £120 fine, £30 victim surcharge, £85 costs. (G).

Slawomir Bartlomies Nowakiewicz, 44, of South Street, Taunton, speeding, £350 fine, £35 victim surcharge, £85 costs, five points. (G).

Jordan Edward Simcock, 18, of Wilton Street, Taunton, possession in public of a lock knife, community order, £85 victim surcharge. (G).

(G) denotes guilty plea or admits offence. Details supplied by the courts.