A number of stories based around the court were published in the Westmorland Gazette over the past seven days.

These are some of the articles you might have missed recently.

Pensioner fined for drink driving

Gerard O’Sullivan, of Crescent Green in Kendal, was banned from driving for 15 months at South Cumbria Magistrates Court on January 31.

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Woman to appear in court after drink driving

Karen Cooper, 54, of Tenterfell Court in Kendal, will plead to the charge in February.

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Doctor denies rape charges

The man from Ulverston is alleged to have carried out the offences in Barrow and Ulverston in 2020.

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Driver found with major cocaine metabolite in system

Lewis Bentley, of Overdale Close, was caught drug driving on the A6 Milnthorpe Road.

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Woman nearly three times over legal limit

The individual from Somerset admitted to driving in Kendal while nearly three times the legal limit. 

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Kendal woman in court after Just Stop Oil protest

Margaret Reid appeared at Sheffield Magistrates' Court on Tuesday charged with attempting to cause criminal damage.

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Man pleads not guilty to stalking woman

Richard Williams, of Burland Grove in Kendal, is said to have made repeated contact by attending the complainant’s address as well as sending her unwanted emails and messages.

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