Committal for contempt of court: Chesterfield Borough Council -v- Shane Smith
Committal for contempt of courtCounty CourtCommittal for Contempt of Court
Claim number: M00DE169
In the County Court sitting at Chesterfield
9 October 2025
Before:
District Judge Wall
Between:
Chesterfield Borough Council
-v-
Shane Smith
At a hearing in open court at the County Court sitting in Chesterfield on 9 October 2025 Before District Judge Wall
And upon hearing counsel for the claimant and a solicitor on behalf of the defendant
And upon the defendant attending having been arrested pursuant to a bench warrant which was executed on 9 October 2025
And upon it being noted that the defendant had admitted the breach (being in an exclusion zone) for which he is being sentenced today at an earlier hearing on the 22 September 2025 but the court on that occasion not being in a position to deal with matters and adjourning it to 3 October 2025 when the defendant failed to attend
And having noted the submissions and considered the evidence and upon noting whilst this was only one breach for which the defendant had been brought before the court it was in the context of numerous previous breaches dealt with by way of a suspended order made on the 12 September 2025
The court determined that the appropriate sentence in this matter was to activate the suspended order made on the 12 September 2025 being a period of 28 days and concurrently to sentence the defendant to 14 days in addition
Dated this 9 October 2025
District Judge Wall