A man has been fined for begging in Worcester.

On January 13 2021, Darren Pass was in St. Martins Quarter, Silver Street to beg.

The verdict was proved in absence.

Pass, 51, of Barbourne Road, Worcester, was fined £100, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £34, and costs of £100 to the Crown Prosecution Service.

Meanwhile, a man has been fined for speeding.

On June 5 last year, Avaro Cruz was speeding in Stourport-on-Severn on the A449 Trunk Road.

He was caught driving at a speed exceeding 50 miles per hour.

Cruz, of Essex Close, Worcester, initially pleaded not guilty to the charge but changed his plea to guilty on March 24 2021.

He was fined £135, ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £34, costs of £300 to the Crown Prosecution Service, and his driving record was also endorsed with three points.

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