The following cases were heard at Bromley and Bexley Magistrates’ Courts on Thursday, May 16, 2024:  

SALEEM BEWAR, 37, of Albion Villas Road in Sydenham, admitted assaulting a police officer in Lewisham on April 24. Bewar was given a one-year community order and was told to pay £100 compensation and a £200 fine. 

CHEZ YERRELL, 26, of Morning Road in Loughton, admitted harassment without violence against a woman in Bexley from April 6 to April 19. He also admitted damaging walls and windows belonging to her. Yerrell was given a one year community order. 

SHANE LAWRIE, 42, of Westhorne Avenue in Eltham, found guilty of burgling Tesco in Catford stealing three electric toothbrushes, clothes and alcohol on November 21. Lawrie was jailed for six months. 

PAUL PENFOLD, 57, of no fixed address, admitted destroying property belonging to Fairway Lodge Hostel in Catford on May 15. Penfold was jailed for four weeks. 

SUNDEEP BISLA, 43, of Campion Square in Dunton Green, admitted drug driving in Swanley on November 26. Bisla was banned from driving for a year and fined £440. 

WILLIAM RICHARDS, 78, of Barnfield Wood Close in Beckenham, admitted drink driving in Sandwich on March 8. Richards was banned from driving for 17 months and fined £440. 

SAMUEL MILLER, 36, of Halfway Street in Sidcup, admitted drug driving in Lewisham on January 31. Miller was banned from driving for 36 months and fined £440.