OXFORD

  • Brandon Morris, 21, of Sorrel Road, Oxford, admitted possessing two spliffs of cannabis in Blackbird Leys on August 15. Fined £60, £15 victims’ surcharge and £85 costs.
  • Patrick Meredith, 44, of Speedwell Street, Oxford, admitted shoplifting items worth £26 from Poundland in the Westgate Centre, Oxford, on September 7. Also stole a £9.99 DVD from British Heart Foundation in Oxford on March 1. Community order made with a four-week curfew.
  • Stuart Nixon, 25, of The Ridings, Kidlington, admitted shoplifting three bottles of Cognac worth £101.50 from Tesco in Oxford on September 28. Community order with six-month supervision order. Told to pay £85 costs.
  • Paul Armstrong, 32, of MInchery Road, Oxford, admitted assault by beating at the City Arms, Cowley Road, Oxford, on October 2. Sent to prison for two months.