A benefit fraudster and two men who defied court orders designed to protect others from them were among defendants sentenced recently at York Magistrates Court.
Lee Coggins, 46, of West Park Terrace, off Falsgrave Road, Scarborough, pleaded guilty to stealing beef worth £277 from Marks and Spencers in York. He was given a 12-month community order with 25 days’ rehabilitative activities and ordered to pay £85 prosecution costs.
Lara Daly, 39, of Denison Road, Pocklington, pleaded guilty to benefit fraud and was given a 10-week prison sentence suspended for 12 months. She must pay a £154 statutory surcharge and £85 prosecution costs.
Damien Moore, 37, of Chesney Fields, Foxwood, was jailed for 16 weeks after he pleaded guilty to breaching a non-molestation order by contacting a woman.
Robert Elkes, 30, of Lindsey Avenue, Acomb, was jailed for eight weeks after he pleaded guilty to burgling a restaurant, stealing electrical items from Tesco’s Clifton Moor store, possessing cannabis and failure to attend court.
Lee Atkinson, 40, of Main Street, Fulford, was given a 16-week prison sentence suspended for 12 months on condition he does 30 days’ rehabilitative activities after he pleaded guilty to breaching a restraining order by going onto a named road in Acomb.
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