Bolton: Cases recently dealt with by the courts

Magistrates have dealt with a range of offences including harassment, possession of a weapon in public and driving matters.

Here are the people from the town who have recently been in the dock.

Darren Yates used threatening abusive or insulting words to another person in Bolton in December last year.

The 51-year-old admitted the offence at Manchester Magistrates Court.

Yates, from Rothbury court, Bolton, was placed on a community order to last for a year.

He was placed on an alcohol treatment requirement to last nine months and ordered to do 20 rehabilitation days and fined £100.

Peter Casey had a kitchen knife on St Marks Street, Great Lever, in December last year.

He admitted having a blade in public at Wigan and Leigh Magistrates Court.

The 55-year-old was given a sentence of two months suspended for a year.

Casey, from Cleveland Gardens, Daubhill, Bolton, was ordered to do an alcohol treatment requirement for nine months and 25 rehabilitation activity requirement days.

Brendon Callegari harassed a woman between November 2021 and February of the following year by attending her home address and sending messages.

He also sent messages conveying threats in December of 2021.

Callegari, from Wyresdale Road admitted harassment and sending threatening messages at Manchester Magistrates Court.

The 38-year-old was placed on a community order to run for a year.

He was ordered to do 150 hours of unpaid work.

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Andrew Heywood drove an Audi on Chorley Old Road in Bolton with no insurance and while disqualified.

Heywood admitted the two offences, which took place in December last year, at Wigan and Leigh Magistrates Court.

The 26-year-old, from Windley Street,  The Haugh, was placed on a community order to last for a year.

He was ordered to do 80 hours of unpaid work and banned from the roads for two years.