HERE are a few of the most notable cases heard at Worcester Magistrates Court over the last week.
A BEGGAR kept asking people for money despite police telling him to stop.
David Woodcock appeared before magistrates in Worcester on Thursday, charged with begging in the city on January 31.
He was also charged with failing or refusing to provide a sample for a class A drug test.
There was some confusion when 36-year-old Woodcock gave his name and address in court, as the name of his twin brother, Paul, was on the charge sheet by mistake.
The full story can be read here.
A DRUNK from Worcester assaulted his partner and two police officers on Boxing Day while smashing up her house. Magistrates in the city heard how Thomas Fincher had been drinking with the victim on when an argument broke out between them after they got home.
During the argument, Fincher, 25, of Astwood Road, started kicking things in her house, smashing a decorative seashell ornament being used as a doorstop. At this point, the victim attempted to leave the house and Fincher followed her into street.
The full story can be read here.
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