Kintbury man Mark McLaren guilty of threatening or

A MAN who denied a public order offence has been found guilty.

Mark McClaren appeared in the dock at Reading Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, October 17.

The 49-year-old, of The Millards, Kintbury, denied using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress in Kintbury on May 30.

But he was found guilty following a trial.

McClaren was fined £180.

In addition, he was ordered to pay £200 costs, plus a statutory victim services surcharge of £72.

Magistrates declined to make a compensation order because of the circumstances of the case.