Woman denies being in charge of dangerous dog in Harrogate

A woman has denied being in control of a dangerous dog which is alleged to have attacked a 15-year-old boy in Harrogate.

Deborah Patterson, 60, appeared before Harrogate Magistrates Court this morning charged with being in charge of a dog dangerously out of control and causing injury in the small park at the junction of Skipton Road and Ripon Road on August 1 last year.

The court heard claims the boxer dog bit the teenager on the leg while he was sitting on a bench.

Ms Patterson, of Southville Terrace in Harrogate, was also charged with being the owner of a boxer dog on August 9 on Ripon Road, which is also alleged to have been dangerously out of control.

She denied both charges.

A trial date was set for May 18 at Harrogate Magistrates Court.

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Knaresborough man jailed for ‘flagrant disregard for court orders’

A Knaresborough man has been jailed for 12 weeks after admitting theft.

Frankie Gilmour, 33, of Nora Avenue, pleaded guilty to stealing a bag worth £99.99 from TK Maxx in Harrogate when he appeared at Harrogate Magistrates Court on Thursday.

The offence, on February 20, came while Gilmour was serving a suspended eight-week jail sentence issued two weeks earlier.

Magistrates imposed a four-week jail sentence as well as the eight weeks he was sentenced to previously.

Court documents said he was jailed because of his “flagrant disregard for court orders” and “because the offence was aggravated by the defendant’s record of previous offending”.

He was also fined £154.

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Man fined £872 for breaching covid lockdown rules in Harrogate

A man has been fined for breaching coronavirus regulations in Harrogate during the third national lockdown two years ago.

Thomas Boston, 33, initially denied a charge of having two or more people in a property on Coppice Drive, Harrogate, on the evening of February 27, 2021.

England was placed into a third lockdown on January 5, 2021.

Police charged Boston with having six people in his flat after responding to reports of breaches of the coronavirus regulations.

At a hearing at Harrogate Magistrates Court yesterday, the court heard Boston, who gave his address as Ripley Road, Knaresborough, had changed his plea to guilty.

Magistrates fined him £872.

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Man jailed for 12 months after theft from Harrogate shop

A man has been jailed for a year after being found guilty of theft from a shop in Harrogate town centre.

Jason Mark Johnson, 24, of no fixed address, was charged with trespassing at VPZ vape shop on Beulah Street and stealing property worth £685 on November 11 last year.

He denied the charge but was found guilty at Harrogate Magistrates Court last week and sentenced to 12 months in prison.

Court documents said Johnson was given a custodial sentence because of the seriousness of the crime and also because the offence was aggravated by his previous record of offending.

He was also ordered to pay £685 compensation.

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Boy, 13, charged with stealing scooter in Harrogate

A 13-year-old boy has been charged with stealing a scooter from Hornbeam Park in Harrogate.

The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared before Harrogate Magistrates Court on Friday.

He was accused of stealing a Piaggio Zip from the Premier Inn on Hornbeam Park Avenue on December 3 last year.

The teenager was also charged with failing to stop at Park Drive when required to do so by an officer, driving without a licence and without insurance.

The 13-year-old was bailed by magistrates until February 3 for the case to be reviewed by the prosecution.

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Man pleads guilty to headbutting two police officers in Boroughbridge

A man has pleaded guilty to headbutting two police officers in Boroughbridge last year.

Jonathan Carradus, 32, was charged with assaulting emergency workers and occasioning actual bodily harm on July 10, 2022.

Carradus appeared before Harrogate Magistrates Court on Thursday and spoke only to confirm his name and enter his plea.

The 32-year-old, who gave an address in Cumbria, was charged with assaulting the officers in the town.

Antony Farrell, prosecuting, told the court that Carradus had an argument with his girlfriend and had left the property on the street to get into his car at 11.15pm.

Officers from North Yorkshire Police then stopped him after responding to reports of an “ongoing domestic” in the area.

The court heard that Carradus refused to offer a specimen and began being aggressive with the named police constables.

Mr Farrell said the 32-year-old headbutted one of the officers and a struggle started.

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Carradus then assaulted the second officer and continued to resist arrest, the court heard.

His defence said that he had pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity and that the incident “went the wrong way”.

The magistrates ordered Carradus to appear before the court on January 27 to be sentenced.

Man denies carrying knuckleduster on Harrogate’s Bower Street

A Harrogate man has denied carrying an offensive weapon on the town’s Bower Street.

Ben Hay, 36, was charged with being in possession of a knuckleduster without lawful authority at the back of Harrogate Homeless Project on December 14, 2022.

He was also charged with being in possession of cannabis on the same date.

Mr Hay, whose address was listed as the hostel on Bower Street, appeared before Harrogate Magistrates Court yesterday.

The 36-year-old spoke only to confirm his name and to enter a not guilty plea to both charges.

A trial will be held on February 24 at Harrogate Magistrates Court.

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Knaresborough man admits assaulting two police officers in Harrogate

A man has admitted assaulting two police officers outside Tesco Express in Harrogate town centre.

Jonathon Bogg, 31, pleaded guilty to two charges of assault by beating of an emergency worker on December 11, 2022.

The court heard how Bogg had been spotted by the officers on Cambridge Road and tried to run.

The 31-year-old was being pursued by police for another offence. Once caught, he punched both officers in the face and head.

Bogg, of Windsor Lane, Knaresborough, appeared before Harrogate Magistrates Court this morning where he spoke only to confirm his name and enter his plea.

He also admitted a further charge of being in possession of 10mg of diazepam, which is a class C controlled drug.

Bogg was bailed and ordered to appear before the court on January 27 to be sentenced.

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Suspended sentence for man with knife in Harrogate town centre

A man has received a four-month suspended prison sentence for possessing a knife in Harrogate town centre.

Michael Smith, 32, admitted the offence when he appeared at Harrogate Magistrates Court on Thursday (December 15).

Smith, of Harewood Road, Jennyfields, was charged with having the knife on Cambridge Road on November 8.

His sentence was suspended for 24 months.

Magistrates ordered him to carry out 180 hours of supervised unpaid work within the next 12 months.

Smith was also ordered to pay £114 to victim services and £85 to the Crown Prosecution Service.

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Man fined for breaching Harrogate council order over scrap cars

A man has been fined for breaching an enforcement notice by storing scrap cars at a Harrogate district farm without permission.

Malcolm Grange, 67, of White Wall Farm in Felliscliffe, was found to have breached the order which was first issued to him in May 2016.

Harrogate Borough Council ordered Grange to stop using the land for the storage of external vehicles, vehicle parts and tyres without planning permission.

The 67-year-old appeared before Harrogate Magistrates Court on November 28 charged with breaching the order between July 27 and September 3, 2021.

He was fined £480, ordered to pay costs of £2,700 and a victim surcharge of £48.

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Grange, who was convicted for a similar offence in 2012 by the Environment Agency, had initially appealed the order to the government’s Planning Inspectorate.

However, planning inspector John Braithwaite ruled in favour of the borough council.

He said:

“Evidence indicates that the land was in use for the storage of vehicles, vehicle parts and tyres on the date of issue of the enforcement notice.”