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

Magistrates have dealt with a variety of offences including assault, theft and motoring cases.

Samantha Walmsley attacked a man in September last year.

On the same date she stole food items worth £53 from Lidl.

Walmsley, of Green Fold Lane, Westhoughton, admitted the two offences at Bolton Magistrates Court.

The 41-year-old was placed on a community order to last for a year.

She was ordered to pay compensation of £150 to Lidl, fined £50 and told to do 15 rehabilitation activity requirement days.

Joshua Hagan failed to provide a specimen of blood to police when required to do so.

The 31-year-old was ordered to do so in Bolton in February this year.

He failed to give the sample.

Hagan admitted the offence at Wigan and Leigh Magistrates' Court.

The man of Blackburn Road, Egerton, was placed on a community order to last for a year.

He was ordered to do 40 hours of unpaid work and banned from the roads for 17 months.

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Jonathon Hodson stole three pairs of Raybans sunglasses worth £488 from the Spurretts Opticians on Brackley Street, Farnworth.

The 50-year-old admitted the offence, which took place in August last year, at Wigan and Leigh Magistrates' Court.

Hodson, of Church Road, Kearsley, was given a sentence of eight weeks suspended for a year and was ordered to pay compensation of £488.

Gary Beck failed to provide a specimen of breath for police.

The 52-year-old was required to do so in March last year in Bolton.

Beck, from Aspinall Court, Horwich, admitted the offence at Wigan and Leigh Magistrates' Court.

He was given a sentence of 12 weeks suspended for a year.

He was ordered to do 80 hours of unpaid work, attend 15 rehabilitation activity requirement days and was banned from the roads for a year.