A number of people from Bury have recently been before the courts.

Magistrates have dealt with a variety of offences including stalking, theft and assault on an emergency worker.

Oliver McCarthy stole food items worth £98 from WH Smith.

The 34-year-old admitted the offence at Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court.

McCarthy, of Borough Avenue, Radcliffe, was given a sentence of four weeks suspended for a year.

He was placed on a drug rehabilitation requirement for nine months and to attend at 25 rehabilitation activity requirement days.

Kamran Sadiq drove a Peugeot on Mottram Road, Hollingworth, with cannabis in his system.

The 46-year-old admitted the offence at Tameside Magistrates' Court.

Sadiq, of Palace Street, Pimhole, was placed on a community order to last for a year.

He was ordered to do 60 hours of unpaid work and was banned from the roads for 17 months.

Charlotte Wild attacked two police officers at Fairfield General Hospital in December last year.

The 35-year-old also failed to attend at Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court when required to do so earlier this month.

She admitted two assaults and failure to attend at court at a later appearance at Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court.

Wild, of Malton Avenue, Whitefield, was given a sentence of six months suspended for a year.

She was ordered to pay £150 in compensation to both of the officers she attacked.

Adrian Berkeley stalked a woman from June 2023 to November that year in Prestwich.

He sent the woman messages, letters, gifts and cards and attended at her home.

The 59-year-old admitted the offence at Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court.

Berkeley, of Park Lane, Whitefield, was given a sentence of 26 weeks suspended for 18 months.

He was ordered to do 21 rehabilitation activity requirement days and fined £120.

A restraining order was also imposed to last two years banning him from making any contact with the woman or entering the street she lived on.