A Halesowen man has been ordered to pay £1,380 and disqualified for six months for a string of speeding offences. Steven Thomas Darnley, aged 40, of Bournes Hill, admitted five offences dating back to 2014 of speeding in Blakedown, Malvern, on the M4 in Wales, and in Somerset.

Other local cases at Dudley Magistrates court included:

A Cradley Heath man has had 21 hours added to his community work order after he admitted breaching probation conditions. Damien John Mason, aged 36, of Halesowen Road, had been given a suspended prison sentence for breaching a harassment restraining order after he sent a text message to a woman.

But magistrates heard Mason had now breached the community requirement of that previous sentence. Mason was given a prison sentence of 8 weeks, suspended for 21 months and had 21 hours of community work added to the original 80. He must also pay £30 costs.

A MAN has been fined for breaching coronavirus restrictions. Brad Lewis Cox, aged 26, of High Street, Dudley, admitted being in a car in Himley Road. with two others he did not live or work with. He was fined £100. He was also fined £50 and ordered to pay £30 costs after he admitted possessing cannabis.

A discarded cigarette in Stanley Road, Stourbridge, has cost a Dudley woman £157. Rachel Louise Shaw, aged 40, of Fithern Close, Upper Gornal, admitted littering and was fined £125 and ordered to pay £30 into the victim fund.

Aaron Woodhall, aged 33, of Buffery Road, Dudley was ordered to pay £288.34 in fines and costs after admitting driving a vehicle that was not licensed.

Franklin Williams, aged 39, of Vale Road, Dudley, must pay £207 in fines and costs after admitting discarding a cigarette in High Street.