The following cases were heard at Bromley and Bexley Magistrates’ Courts on Friday, August 2, 2024:       

CATALIN BOLEA, 37, of High Grove in Plumstead, admitted stealing £132 of meat from Co-op in Plumstead on July 17. Bolea was given 60 day sentence suspended for two years and was ordered to pay £130 compensation. 

STEPHEN GRAY, 54, of Clive Avenue in Crayford, admitted drink driving in Dartford on May 29. Gray was given a one-year community order including 100 hours of unpaid work. He was also disqualified from driving for 25 months. 

ERROL TAVENIER, 41, of no fixed abode, admitted failing to comply with sex offenders register notification requirements. Tavenier was jailed for eight months as magistrates noted it was a repeated breach over a long period of time.