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mr downes jp

Criminal Cases presided over by this magistrate

Case History (25)

COLEMAN, JAMES

Reference: 93JD0289626
Court: Colchester Magistrates' Court and Family Court - Courtroom 02
Date: 25 August 2026
Time: 10am
Type: First hearing

GRIFFITHS, Lisa

Offence Details: | Detainee / person charged fail / refuse to provide a sample for Class 'A' drug test

Reference: 42MR2521526
Court: Colchester Magistrates' Court and Family Court - Courtroom 02
Date: 25 August 2026
Time: 1:15pm
Type: First hearing

THOMPSON, Chase

Offence Details: | Breach a sexual risk order / interim sexual risk order Breach a sexual risk order / interim sexual risk order Breach a sexual risk order / interim sexual risk order Intimidate a witness / juror Breach a sexual risk order / interim sexual risk order Breach a sexual risk order / interim sexual risk order Breach a sexual risk order / interim sexual risk order Breach a sexual risk order / interim sexual risk order Breach a sexual risk order / interim sexual risk order

Reference: 42MR2997125
Court: Colchester Magistrates' Court and Family Court - Courtroom 02
Date: 25 August 2026
Time: 1:15pm
Type: First hearing

KERESTES, Mario-sorin

Offence Details: | Handle stolen goods Going equipped for theft - not motor vehicle

Reference: 42MR3405025
Court: Colchester Magistrates' Court and Family Court - Courtroom 02
Date: 25 August 2026
Time: 1:15pm
Type: First hearing

WATERS, Joseph

Offence Details: | Drive a mechanically propelled vehicle on a road / in a public place without due care and attention Use a motor vehicle on a road / public place without third party insurance Drive a motor vehicle otherwise than in accordance with a licence - endorsable offence Aggravated vehicle taking - ( driver did not take ) and injury caused by accident Driver of a vehicle involved in a road accident fail to report that accident Driver of a vehicle fail to stop after road accident - give name and address of self and owner / vehicle details

Reference: 42MR2283126
Court: Colchester Magistrates' Court and Family Court - Courtroom 02
Date: 25 August 2026
Time: 1:15pm
Type: First hearing

SAUNDERS, Joe

Offence Details: | Use threatening / abusive words / behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress Use threatening / abusive / insulting words / behaviour to cause harassment / alarm / distress Racially / religiously aggravated intentional harassment / alarm / distress - words / writing Racially / religiously aggravated harassment / alarm / distress by words / writing / behaviour

Reference: 42MR1158626
Court: Colchester Magistrates' Court and Family Court - Courtroom 02
Date: 25 August 2026
Time: 1:15pm
Type: First hearing

MALYON, Daniel

Offence Details: | Detainee / person charged fail / refuse to provide a sample for Class 'A' drug test

Reference: 42MR2587626
Court: Colchester Magistrates' Court and Family Court - Courtroom 02
Date: 25 August 2026
Time: 1:15pm
Type: First hearing

JADEJA, Sian

Offence Details: | Affray

Reference: 42MR1472626
Court: Colchester Magistrates' Court and Family Court - Courtroom 02
Date: 25 August 2026
Time: 1:15pm
Type: First hearing

JONES, Paul

Offence Details: | Theft from a shop

Reference: 42MR1821326
Court: Colchester Magistrates' Court and Family Court - Courtroom 02
Date: 25 August 2026
Time: 9:15am
Type: First hearing

BRICE, Matthew

Reference: 42MR1179126
Court: Colchester Magistrates' Court and Family Court - Courtroom 02
Date: 25 August 2026
Time: 9:15am
Type: First hearing

BARNES, Thomas

Offence Details: | Drive a motor vehicle dangerously Drive motor vehicle with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit Use a motor vehicle on a road / public place without third party insurance Drive a motor vehicle otherwise than in accordance with a licence - endorsable offence Drive motor vehicle with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit

Reference: 42MR1123226
Court: Colchester Magistrates' Court and Family Court - Courtroom 02
Date: 25 August 2026
Time: 9:15am
Type: First hearing

ADEWALE, Francis

Offence Details: | Fraudulently use a registration mark / registration document Use a motor vehicle on a road / public place without third party insurance Use a motor vehicle on a road without a valid test certificate

Reference: 42MR2173926
Court: Colchester Magistrates' Court and Family Court - Courtroom 02
Date: 25 August 2026
Time: 9:15am
Type: First hearing

SZYMKOWSKI, Tomasz

Offence Details: | Fail to attend for / remain for duration of initial assessment following test for class A drug

Reference: 42MR2498326
Court: Colchester Magistrates' Court and Family Court - Courtroom 02
Date: 25 August 2026
Time: 9:15am
Type: First hearing

GEORGE, Danny

Offence Details: | Possess a controlled drug of Class B - Cannabis / Cannabis Resin

Reference: 42MR2353626
Court: Colchester Magistrates' Court and Family Court - Courtroom 02
Date: 25 August 2026
Time: 9:15am
Type: First hearing

KINGGETT, Mark

Offence Details: | Driver of a vehicle fail to stop after a road accident Driver of a vehicle involved in a road accident fail to report that accident Use a motor vehicle on a road / public place without third party insurance Fail to give information relating to the identification of the driver / rider of a vehicle when required Commit an act / series of acts with intent to pervert the course of public justice Drive a motor vehicle dangerously

Reference: 42MR1898126
Court: Colchester Magistrates' Court and Family Court - Courtroom 02
Date: 25 August 2026
Time: 9:15am
Type: First hearing

GUTHRIE, Nicholas

Offence Details: | Make indecent photograph / pseudo-photograph of a child Make indecent photograph / pseudo-photograph of a child Make indecent photograph / pseudo-photograph of a child Possess extreme pornographic image / images portraying act likely to result in serious injury to person's private parts Possess extreme pornographic image / images portraying an act of intercourse / oral sex with a dead / alive animal

Reference: 42MR2243626
Court: Colchester Magistrates' Court and Family Court - Courtroom 02
Date: 25 August 2026
Time: 9:15am
Type: First hearing

LAWRENCE, Kamen

Offence Details: | Drive whilst disqualified Use a motor vehicle on a road / public place without third party insurance

Reference: 42MR1139626
Court: Colchester Magistrates' Court and Family Court - Courtroom 02
Date: 25 August 2026
Time: 9:15am
Type: First hearing

MARQUES, Donnelly

Offence Details: | Possess a controlled drug of Class B - Cannabis / Cannabis Resin Possess a controlled drug of Class A - Cocaine

Reference: 42MR2584026
Court: Colchester Magistrates' Court and Family Court - Courtroom 02
Date: 25 August 2026
Time: 9:15am
Type: First hearing

HOWARD, Olivia

Offence Details: | Drive motor vehicle when alcohol level above limit

Reference: 42MR2606826
Court: Colchester Magistrates' Court and Family Court - Courtroom 02
Date: 25 August 2026
Time: 9:15am
Type: First hearing

CARTER, Wayne

Offence Details: | Theft from a shop Theft from a shop

Reference: 42MR2601426
Court: Colchester Magistrates' Court and Family Court - Courtroom 02
Date: 25 August 2026
Time: 9:15am
Type: First hearing

Unknown Defendant

Reference: Breach a non-molestation order - Family Law Act 1996 Breach a non-molestation order - Family Law Act 1996 Breach a non-molestation order - Family Law Act 1996
Court: Colchester Magistrates' Court and Family Court - Courtroom 02
Date: 25 August 2026
Time: Offence Details:
Type: null

COLEMAN, JAMES

Reference: 93JD0289626
Court: Colchester Magistrates' Court and Family Court - Courtroom 02
Date: 24 August 2026
Time: 10am
Type: First hearing

GRIFFITHS, Lisa

Offence Details: | Detainee / person charged fail / refuse to provide a sample for Class 'A' drug test

Reference: 42MR2521526
Court: Colchester Magistrates' Court and Family Court - Courtroom 02
Date: 24 August 2026
Time: 1:15pm
Type: First hearing

THOMPSON, Chase

Offence Details: | Breach a sexual risk order / interim sexual risk order Breach a sexual risk order / interim sexual risk order Breach a sexual risk order / interim sexual risk order Intimidate a witness / juror Breach a sexual risk order / interim sexual risk order Breach a sexual risk order / interim sexual risk order Breach a sexual risk order / interim sexual risk order Breach a sexual risk order / interim sexual risk order Breach a sexual risk order / interim sexual risk order

Reference: 42MR2997125
Court: Colchester Magistrates' Court and Family Court - Courtroom 02
Date: 24 August 2026
Time: 1:15pm
Type: First hearing

KERESTES, Mario-sorin

Offence Details: | Handle stolen goods Going equipped for theft - not motor vehicle

Reference: 42MR3405025
Court: Colchester Magistrates' Court and Family Court - Courtroom 02
Date: 24 August 2026
Time: 1:15pm
Type: First hearing