Oxford court cases span drug pleas, assaults and suspended jail term over child images

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Oxford court cases span drug pleas, assaults and suspended jail term over child images

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Recent court proceedings produced the following outcomes: James Cash, 22, who has no fixed address, admitted failing to attend Oxford Magistrates’ Court in accordance with police bail on 27 August.

He also admitted possessing cannabis, a class B drug, in Witney on 18 June.

Cash received a £100 fine.

Mohammed Ibnan, 20, of Edward Street, Banbury, admitted possessing an offensive weapon, described as a knuckle duster, in a private area of Banbury on 17 August last year.

The court required him to pay £200 in costs and £216 in fines.

The weapon was also ordered to be destroyed.

Darius Adamczyk, 41, of Orchard Way, Witney, admitted three offences involving indecent images of children.

The case covered material in Witney between 22 April 2023 and 4 December 2024, with 90 images assigned to category A, 39 to category B and 190 to category C.

Adamczyk additionally admitted not attending High Wycombe Magistrates’ Court as required by police bail on 19 August.

He received a prison term of 12 months, which was suspended for 18 months, and was placed under notification requirements for ten years.

He was also required to pay £85 in costs and a £187 victim surcharge.

Benjamin Smith, 51, of Saxon Place, Wantage, admitted assaulting someone by beating and committing common assault in Wantage on 26 March.

A further common-assault count arising during the same incident was proved and a guilty verdict returned.

Smith was told to pay £350 in costs, a £114 victim surcharge and £100 in compensation.

Rehabilitation covering alcohol misuse for six months was ordered, along with a separate mental-health programme lasting six months.

Boguslaw Bajorski, 47, of Wilkins Road, Oxford, admitted criminal damage and possession of cannabis, a class B drug, in Oxford on 28 September.

The court required him to pay £1,897.97 in compensation and ordered that the drugs be destroyed.

Joanne Bunce, 36, of Olley Crescent, Witney, admitted assaulting someone by beating in Witney on 16 June.

Bunce was required to pay £60 in costs, a £60 victim surcharge, £75 in compensation and £150 in fines.

Tajinder Bahia, 63, of Bispham Road, London, admitted failing to supply information about a driver allegedly involved in an offence in Banbury between 1 and 29 September last year.

He received a £400 fine and a £240 victim surcharge, was barred from driving for six months and was given six penalty points.

Numan Sayed, 25, of Convent Way, Southall, admitted driving without third-party insurance on Abingdon Road, Oxford, on 14 February.

Sayed was ordered to pay £150 in costs, a £200 victim surcharge and a £500 fine.

Three penalty points were also imposed.

James Williams, 44, of Harris Road, Upper Heyford, Bicester, admitted speeding in a Mercedes on the A41 at Chesterton on 14 March.

The vehicle was travelling at 48mph in a 40mph zone.

Williams was required to pay £85 in costs, a £55 victim surcharge and £138 in fines, and was given three penalty points.

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