Courtsdesk

Police who caught a drink-drive motorist discovered he was also carrying drugs.

A woman has been banned from the roads for drink-driving.

A judge has ordered the immediate arrest of a man accused of crashing a vehicle after taking without the owner's permission.

A man who assaulted a woman has been locked up while awaiting sentence.

A man has been accused of assaulting and manually strangling a woman.

A man has been sent, in custody, to the crown court charged with tormenting, strangling and robbing a woman over a nine-month period.

The Thatcham man will also receive a criminal record for his actions.

A man has been sentenced for attacking a police officer.

A man has been jailed for life for murder, arson and GBH, after he set fire to a block of flats in Tilehurst.

“I was filled with fury” said the 32-year-old arsonist as he turned himself in at Reading police station.

Three men have been sentenced in connection with the murder of a 22-year-old man in Tilehurst on Hallowe'en last year.

A man has been convicted of a knife offence in a Newbury pub.

A man with convictions for violence is awaiting sentence after two doctors became his latest victims.

A judge has ordered the immediate arrest of a man who carried out a string of sex offences.

A father of two physically attacked two young teenage girls in a park, slapping both their faces and hurling one to the floor.

A man is set to go on trial for possessing an offensive weapon.

A drug dealer's sentencing has been delayed after he pleaded guilty – but only with certain qualifications.

A man has received a suspended prison sentence for a serious attack on a female emergency worker.

An Albanian man has been jailed after assaulting a police officer and causing a road traffic collision by running across the A34 to evade arrest.

A motorist is awaiting sentence for being caught behind the wheel after drinking more than three times the legal limit.