Brimpton woman Georgia Hayes sentenced for knife crime

A WOMAN has been sentenced for having a knife in public.

Georgia Hayes appeared in the dock at Reading Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, October 17.

The 22-year-old, of Little Park Orchard, Brimpton, had admitted, at a previous hearing, having a kitchen knife without good reason or lawful authority in Newbury on Tuesday, August 22.

Magistrates ordered pre-sentence reports to be prepared on Ms Hayes.

At Tuesday’s sentencing hearing Ms Hayes, who was legally represented by Jamie Renuka, was made subject to a 12 month community order during which she must undergo mental health treatment.

District judge Samuel Goozee also ordered Ms Hayes to pay £85 costs plus a statutory victim services surcharge of £114.