A WOMAN from Horndon on the Hill received a 12 months conditional discharge after admitting an assault.

Jeannine Merrey, 46, of Orsett Road, Horndon, admitted beating Rocco Godfrey in May last year.

She was ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £20 and costs of £105.

DANIEL Murphy, 28, of Feenan Highway, Tilbury, admitted breaching the requirements of a community order by failing to attend an accredited programme session (Building Better Relationships).

He must now comply with a curfew order for three months under which he must be at his home in Feenan Highway between 10pm and 4am and he will be electronically tagged.

He must also continue his relationship programme but an unpaid community work order was removed.

Murphy must also pay £60 costs.

JOSEPH John Price, 22, of Lodge Lane, Grays, admitted breaching a community order and was fined £40, which will be recovered from his benefits.

GLEN Walter Charlie Roberts, 36, of Teviot Avenue, Aveley, pleaded not guilty to three charges of theft when he appeared before Basildon magistrates.

He did admit possession of a wrap of a class A controlled drug, diamorphine for which he will be sentenced when he appears for trial on the other three charges for theft of toothpaste, Christmas box sets and other items from Boots store in Grays. He has been released on bail, on condition he does not enter the Boots store, and will next appear in court on Thursday, 5 March.

A DOMESTIC violence protection order has been served on a South Ockendon man.

Lawrence Kemp, 54, of Faymore Gardens, must not molest Patricia Kemp, threaten her or encourage or in any way suggest that any other person should contact her directly or indirectly through text, letter, phone, social media or any other means.

Kemp, who did not appear before court but was served the order by a police officer, shall not evict or exclude the associated person from an address at Gordon Road, Grays, and is prohibited from entering those premises or within 100 metres of them.

GEORGE Jerome Wilderspin, 20, of St Chads Road, Tilbury, admitted two charges of supplying crack cocaine and diamorphine in South Ockendon when he appeared at Basildon Magistrates' Court.

Magistrates sent him for sentencing at Basildon Crown Court on Thursday, 30 January and he was remanded in custody.