Here is a round-up of recent cases heard by Sussex magistrates.

ELTON SCHIPPERS

Aged 38, of Preston Road, Brighton, admitted three charges of stealing bottles of perfume from Boots. Ordered to pay £207 compensation, with a £40 fine and £30 surcharge.

MARIO CAVO

Aged 24, of Ditchling Road, Brighton, found guilty of four charges of failing to identify the driver of a vehicle suspected of committing a road traffic offence in Shoreham to the police. Ordered to pay £85 costs and to pay a £66 surcharge. Banned from driving for six months.

PAIGE CHALMERS

Aged 29, of Kirby Drive, Telscombe Cliffs, guilty of failing to identify the driver of a vehicle suspected of committing a road traffic offence in Shoreham to the police. Fined £660, with a £66 surcharge and £85 costs. Six points added to her licence.

DAVID GANDOLFI

Aged 70, of Seafield Road, Hove, admitted driving at a speed in excess of 70mph on the M23. Fined £384, with a £38 surcharge and £85 costs. Six points added to his licence.

MARK WEAVER

Aged 37, of Kingsway, Hove, admitted driving at a speed in excess of 30mph on the A259, Marine Parade, Brighton. Fined £300, with a £30 surcharge and £85 costs. Three points added to his licence.

HARRY MARSHALL

Aged 33, of Nevill Avenue, Hove, admitted driving at a speed in excess of 30mph on the A270. Fined £40, with a £30 surcharge and £85 costs. Three points added to his licence.

ALLISON SHIELDS

Aged 51, of St Andrews Road, West Tarring, guilty of failing to identify the driver of a vehicle suspected of committing a road traffic offence in Shoreham to the police. Fined £660, with a £66 surcharge and £85 costs. Six points added to his licence.

CHRISTOPHER MURRAY

Aged 38, of Victoria Road, Worthing, admitted driving at a speed in excess of 30mph on the A259 Marine Parade, Brighton. Fined £173, with a £30 surcharge and £85 costs. Banned from driving for six months.

KEVIN RYAN

Aged 54, of Clarendon Villas, Hove, admitted assaulting a woman in Hove. Fined £140, with a £30 surcharge and £85 costs.

MATTHEW BARNETT

Aged 51, of Upper Hollingdean Road, Brighton, admitted five charges of stealing goods from stores including B&Q, Shoreham and John Lewis, Horsham. Given a 30-week suspended prison sentence. Ordered to pay £3,206 compensation, with a £115 surcharge and £85 costs.

KIRSTEN HOCKING

Aged 27, of Lyndhurst Road, Worthing, admitted 13 theft charges from Sainsbury’s in Goring. Given a 24-week suspended prison sentence, with a £115 surcharge. Put under an exclusion order not to enter the store for one year.

JORDAN THOMSON

Aged 26, of no fixed address, admitted stealing barbecue beef steaks from Marks and Spencer in Worthing. Fined £20, with a £30 surcharge and £100 costs.

DAVID MITCHELL

Aged 73, of Widewater Close, Lancing, admitted failing to identify the driver of a vehicle suspected of committing a road traffic offence in Shoreham to the police. Fined £270, with a £30 surcharge and £250 costs. Six points added to his licence.

ALEXANDER BARTHOLOMEW

Aged 25, of New Heritage Way, North Chailey, admitted driving without insurance. Fined £150, with a £30 surcharge, and £85 costs.

GUY CHAPMAN

Aged 53, of Davigdor Road, Hove, found guilty of driving through a red light in Portslade. Fined £220, with a £30 surcharge and £85 costs. Three points added to his licence.