£40 FINE FOR WOMAN WHO FLOUTED COMMUNITY PROTECTION NOTICE

25-year-old Amber Gagen has appeared before the courts once again, this time for flouting a Community Protection Notice banning her from contacting another known criminal. The Isle of Wight Magistrates Court heard on Tuesday (20th August) how Gagen, of Green Street in Ryde, was found to be in the company of Amber Banham-Gage on 9th June this year – something she is banned from doing. Liz Miller, prosecuting, detailed to the court how Police had responded to an incident at Church Litten, Newport on that day on a matter unrelated to Gagen. However, because she was in the vicinity, Police took her details and the details of others present. Officers soon realised that Gagen and Banham-Gage were together, thus putting Gagen in breach of a Community Protection Notice. Defending, Oscar Vincent made clear that the offence pre-dated his client’s appearance before the court on 9th July, where she received a 12-month community order with 20 rehabilitation days attached. Mr Vincent said that Gagen was simply a spectator to what else was going on. Magistrates fined the 25-year-old £40 and ordered her to pay a £16 surcharge.