In the Dock: Five recent Bolton cases heard by magistrates

Drink driving

A man was banned from the roads after drink driving.

Jordan Aldcroft, 34, admitted to Manchester and Salford Magistrates Court that he had driven a Peugeot Panel Van on Pilkington Road, Bolton while over the legal limit for cocaine.

This was on August 14 last year.

Aldcroft, of Coalshaw Green Road, Chadderton, was banned from driving for 12 months and fined £438.

He was also ordered to pay costs of £85 and a surcharge of £175.

Fighting dog

A man was fined after having custody of a fighting dog.

Craig Davenport, 32, admitted to Tameside Magistrates Court that he had custody of an XL Bully on December 8 last year.

This was against the terms of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991.

Davenport, of Back Wellington Street North, Farnworth was fined £60 and ordered to pay costs of £85 to the Crown Prosecution service with £400 to Greater Manchester Police.

Magistrates gave a contingent destruction order for the dog unless an exemption order applied.

Racially aggravated 

A man was ordered to pay after racially aggravated behaviour towards a police officer.

Luke Madeley-Bell, 27, admitted to Wigan and Leigh Magistrates Court that he had caused racially aggravated alarm or distress to a Police Constable in Bolton.

This was on September 30 last year.

Madeley-Bell, of Coniston Avenue, Farnworth, was ordered to pay a compensation of £50 and a fine of £1000.

Offensive phone calls

A man was fined after making offensive phone calls.

Wayne Cohen, 43, admitted to Wigan and Leigh Magistrates Court that he had sent offensive, indecent, obscene or menacing messages.

This was by making grossly offensive or indecent phone calls in Bolton on August 8 last year.

Cohen, of Barton Road, Farnworth, was fined £120 and ordered to pay costs of £85 with a surcharge of £48.

Driving ban 

A man was banned from the roads after drink driving.

Brett Holt, 44, denied drink driving when appearing before Manchester and Salford Magistrates Court.

But he was found guilty of driving a Ford transit van while over the legal limit for alcohol on Long Lane, Bolton on October 6, 2023.

Holt, of Long Lane, Bolton, was banned from driving for 36 months with a reduction period of 36 weeks if he completes a course by October 6, 2028.

He was also fined £1,200 and ordered to pay costs of £620 with a surcharge of £480.