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120 DAY SENTENCE FOR STEALING CHEESE
27 May 09 - A HANKERING for mature cheese has resulted in a Bermondsey man getting sentenced to 120 days in prison...

LIGHTER FUEL & DRUNK
14 May 09 - A 33-year-old man will be sentenced at the Crown Court, after admitting to possession of two cans of lighter fuel whilst heavily drunk and to breaching his ASBO in a Peckham side street...


PRISON FOR ONE JOINT
14 May 09 - A 29-year-old from the Borough narrowly escaped prison for having one joint of cannabis, as his guilty plea could have activated a five-month prison sentence he has hanging over his head..

'DISGRACEFUL' OUTBURST
14 May 09 - A 38-year-old Borough man, who used extreme language during a drunken rage at London Bridge Train station, was 'lucky' only to receive a fine after a judge wanted to send him to prison. ..


SELF DEFENCE
14 May 09 - A 22-year-old Peckham man almost talked himself into prison for criminal damage, before a judge ordered that he seek legal advice and a psychiatric examination before entering a plea...

POLICE ASSAULT?
14 May 09 - A 36-year-old from Kent denies an assault on a female police officer during a row in Camberwell Road back in March and will return for trial next month...


ASSAULT DENIED
14 May 09 - A 39-year-old from East Dulwich has denied an assault in Upland Road and will return for trial next month...

MAN DRUNK IN CHARGE OF A CHILD
07 May 09 - A MAN found drunk in charge of a young child narrowly avoided a prison term at Tower Bridge Magistrates Court last week...


POLICE FIND CRACK IN MAN'S PANTS
07 May 09 - A PECKHAM man found with crack both at the front and back of his pants pleaded guilty to possession of class A drugs. ..

FORMER LECTURER 'STOLE WINE'
07 May 09 - A FORMER university lecturer was refused bail after an alleged long series of wine thefts from supermarkets all over Southwark...


DISCHARGE FOR MAN CAUGHT WITH SPLIFF
07 May 09 - A BERMONDSEY man caught smoking cannabis in public and then attempted to discard the evidence, appeared at Tower Bridge last week. ..

MAN ON TEEN SEX ASSAULT CHARGE
23 Apr 09 - A 24-year-old Bermondsey man charged with the sexual assault of a thirteen-year-old had his bail extended while the prosecution prepare his case for the crown court. ..


OPENED CHILD PORN FILM OUT OF CURIOSITY
23 Apr 09 - A 40-year-old Walworth man pleaded guilty to having child pornography, after a graphic video involving a seven-year-old girl was found on his laptop in a police search...

MAN ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ASSAULT
23 Apr 09 - AN ITALIAN man was remanded in custody from court, facing charges of sexual assault and causing actual bodily harm against a woman in Walworth in December...


COMMUNITY ORDER FOR HAVING KNIFE
23 Apr 09 - A 20-year-old man was given 120 hours of unpaid work after pleading guilty to possession of a lock-knife while driving his Audi on the New Kent Road...

EIGHT DAYS IN JAIL FOR STEALING SALMON
23 Apr 09 - A PROLIFIC offender with 80 previous convictions was handed 80 days in prison, after pleading guilty to stealing two packets of salmon and assaulting a shop assistant in a petrol garage. ..


ITALIAN CHARGED ON SEXUAL ASSAULT
17 Apr 09 - AN ITALIAN man of no fixed abode was remanded in custody in his absence from court, facing charges of sexual assault and causing actual bodily harm in Walworth last December...

HUNT FOR TEEN WHO STOLE CHEWING GUM
17 Apr 09 - AN ANGERED judge ordered a warrant for the arrest of an east London teen, who allegedly stole £169.10 worth of chewing gum from a supermarket in Surrey Quays...


BAIL FOR WOMAN ON ASSAULT CHARGE
17 Apr 09 - A 31-year-old Walworth woman was bailed to return to court to enter her plea, having denied an assault charge at a Peckham school in February...

MAN HAD FOUR PINTS THEN DROVE HOME
17 Apr 09 - A CAMBERWELL man who drives for his living has been banned from driving for a year, after being caught drink-driving near his home...