Here are the latest cases from Southampton Magistrates' Court.
JACK COLE, 32, of Old Northam Road, Southampton. Admitted to stealing a can from Asda Express and attempting to steal six 250ml cans of Red Bull on May 17, 2026. Also admitted to two breaches of a restraining order by entering the store on the same date. Admitted to stealing items worth £52.95 and a further breach of the restraining order on June 3, 2026. Remanded on conditional bail for sentencing at Southampton Magistrates' Court on November 4, 2026.
GARETH SIBUN, 37, of Allbrook Hill, Eastleigh. Admitted to drug-driving a VW Caddy van on Alexandra Road, Southampton, on March 26, 2025, with 327 microgrammes per litre of blood of benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine, when the legal limit is 50 microgrammes. Also admitted to driving without insurance and driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence. Remanded on unconditional bail for sentencing at Southampton Magistrates' Court on November 4, 2026.
MATTHEW GUERIN-ASHFORD, 35, of Old Redbridge Road, Southampton. Admitted to seven shop thefts from an Asda Express in Southampton between July 28 and August 19, 2026, involving food, wine, sweets and energy drinks worth a total of £430. Sentenced to a total of 19 weeks' imprisonment and ordered to pay £430 compensation.
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DAMON DIXON, 39, of Osborne Road, North Southampton, Winchester. Admitted to stealing protein products worth £77 from Holland & Barrett in Southampton on May 9, 2026. Ordered to pay £77 compensation and fined £18. Ordered to pay £85 court costs and a £7 surcharge.
COSMIN NICUT, 31, of Milford Gardens, Chandlers Ford, Eastleigh. Admitted breaching a community order by failing to attend planned unpaid work requirements on February 11, 2026, and May 27, 2026. The community order was varied, and he was ordered to carry out a further 20 hours of unpaid work, increasing the total unpaid work requirement to a total of 100 hours. Ordered to pay £60 costs.
JAKE HATCHER, 24, of The Valley, Winchester. Admitted failing without reasonable excuse to comply with a community requirement of a suspended sentence order by failing to attend planned office appointments on July 14 and August 18, 2025. Fined £200. Ordered to pay £200 in court costs.
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