A number of people from Bolton have recently been before the courts.

Magistrates have dealt with a variety of offences including theft, driving matters and possession of a weapon.

Here are the people who have recently been in court.

Aaron Arnold had a Swiss Army Knife on Waggon Road, Breightmet, Bolton in February this year.

The 24-year-old admitted the offence at Wigan and Leigh Magistrates Court.

Following this he was given a sentence of 14 weeks suspended for 14 weeks.

He was ordered to do abstain from alcohol and be monitored on this for 90 days.

Arnold, from Grantchester Way, Breightmet, was also ordered to do 20 rehabilitation activity requirement days and fined £100.

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Karl Brady stole a railway cable worth £1,786 belonging to Network Rail on Ashton New Road in Manchester in August 2022.

On the same date on Rochdale Road, Manchester, he was in possession of cannabis.

The 54-year-old admitted the offences at Manchester Magistrates Court.

Brady, from Chorley Old Road, Doffcocker, Bolton, was given a sentence of 26 weeks suspended for a year.

He was ordered to do 10 rehabilitation activity requirement days.

Katie Swinbank stole food items worth £20 from the Premier Convenience Store on Castle Street, The Haulgh, Bolton in February.

Later the same month she stole £10 of food items from the same store.

And two days later she returned again when she stole £10 of hot food.

The 25-year-old also failed to surrender to police bail earlier this month at Bolton Magistrates Court.

Swinbank, of no fixed abode, admitted three thefts and breach of bail at Manchester Magistrates Court.

She was given a conditional discharge to run for 18 months.

Alex Juhasz failed to identify a driver to police in Cheshire.

The 55-year-old was required to tell officers who had been behind the wheel of a Ford in March this year.

But he failed to do so.

The case against Juhasz, from Rawsthorne Street, Astley Bridge, Bolton, was proved at Warrington Magistrates Court.

He was fined £660 and banned from the roads for six months.