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.

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 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.

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 M$ in Wales, and in Somerset.

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.