Courts

Here are the latest cases to have been dealt with by the West Norfolk bench.

Three others are due in court in the New Year.

A speeding vehicle heading towards the centre of Lynn was soon stopped, magistrates heard.

A man who abandoned his car after a collision in a West Norfolk village was soon apprehended.

A solicitor said his client had been 'foolish' to take two illegal drugs before getting behind the wheel.

'I feel deeply ashamed of myself and embarrassed', the man told magistrates.

Several other people were in the vehicle when it was stopped in the early hours of the morning.

The man told police he wanted to 'try it on', magistrates heard.

A man who hit two barriers while more than three-times over the limit told magistrates police suspected he had been spiked while on a night out.

A man caught drug-driving twice is now trying to help others to get clean, a court has heard.

A doorman was subjected to a stream of racial slurs during an incident near a West Norfolk nightspot, magistrates heard.

Firefighters called to tackle the blaze then alerted police, magistrates heard.

Here are the latest cases to be dealt with by the West Norfolk magistrates' bench.

Court hears a defendant didn't want to go to karaoke club but thought it would be ungallant to refuse.

Court told that defendant refused access to a homeless pod got angry.

A farm worker was in his BMW when stopped by police and found to be over the alcohol limit.

Fakenham man admitted to drinking five cans of alcohol before setting off.

Couple are working on their relationship, magistrates hear as defendant is sentenced for assault.

Magistrates heard that a defendant stopped after a tip-off had a previous conviction for drink-driving.

A defendant had initially claimed a stash of 375 grams of cannabis found in his car was for personal use.