The Mail has been providing key coverage of local court stories over the past week.

Here are ten stories you might have missed recently.

Victim assaulted and has car damaged to cost of £1000

Jamie Tomlinson, of Biskey Howe Road, Bowness, caused £1,000 worth of damage to the complainant’s Suzuki S-Cross on October 1 last year.

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Woman gets road ban after breath sample refusal

A court heard how Lorraine Little was stopped by police having been seen driving on Bowness Promenade on March 26.

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Man jailed for stalking ex-girlfriend in Barrow

Liam Hughes terrified his former partner, caused her to have sleepless nights and to feel vulnerable in her own home with her four-year-old daughter, Preston Crown Court heard.

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Teacher arrested in Cumbria admits murdering partner

Fiona Beal, 50, admitted killing 42-year-old Nicholas Billingham, whose partly mummified remains were discovered four and a half months after he was last seen.

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Man sentenced after stealing money from victim in Barrow

William Hepworth robbed his victim of £50 on February 26 last year in Barrow, Preston Crown Court heard.

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Man jailed for breaching restraining order

Lee Taylor, of no fixed abode, was made subject to a restraining order at South Cumbria Magistrates’ Court on January 25 this year.

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Barrow man sentenced for sending false message to cause annoyance

Luke Woodburn, 27, of Salthouse Road in Barrow, pleaded guilty at the first opportunity to an offence of sending a false message by public electronic communication network in Barrow on December 19 last year.

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Two men convicted of supplying Class A drugs from Manchester to Barrow

Latham Burke, 49, and Stephen Payne, 54, were both convicted of two counts of conspiracy to supply crack cocaine and heroin between September 1 2022 – January 5 2023.

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Man emotionally destroyed ex-girlfriend by beating her twice

Liam Watmough, 27, caused his former partner to suffer headaches, swelling and bruising after he punched her in the right leg and right arm ‘multiple times’.

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Barrow man sentenced for causing unnecessary suffering to dog

Brian Thomas pleaded guilty at the first opportunity to kicking and punching a dog in Barrow on March 28 2024.

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