Scales of Justice: 18 cases heard at Oxford Magistrates Court

Graeme Finch, 34, of Synderford Close, Didcot, admitted being drunk and disorderly in a public place, in Broadway, Didcot, on August 1. Fined £100 and ordered to pay a £20 victims

Scales of justice

Simon Lightfoot, 30, of Synderford Close, Didcot, admitted shoplifting a packet of gammon steaks valued at £24 from BP in Didcot on April 19; shoplifting a packet of lamb chops and three-pack of pork chops valued at £14.18 from BP in Didcot on

Rapist lied about his whereabouts

But on April 12 officers were called to a flat in Dirac Place after allegations the defendant had assaulted someone – charges which were later dropped – and found McLaughlin in bed and clearly living there. McLaughlin was bailed to an address in .