HERE'S a round up of some of the biggest court cases to have taken place in Carlisle and West Cumbria this week.
Harikson Shkurti, Edinburgh
A driver caught in north Cumbria with a cannabis cargo potentially worth more than a quarter of a million pounds admits drug supply crime.
Teenager, Youth Court
Young passenger who filmed a shocking north Cumbria hit and run which left a pedestrian with a fractured skull sentenced.
Andrew Bell, Carlisle
A notorious Carlisle nuisance turned nasty when staff at a city centre pub - from which he was banned - refused to serve him.
Dean Armstrong, Carlisle
Drunk Carlisle man arrested because of his aggressive behaviour after a football match was carrying 14 'deal ready' wraps of cocaine.
Andrew McMullan, Workington
The concerned girlfriend of a drunk Workington man alerted the police after he left the night late at night, saying he was going to stab her ex-partner.
Zholia Alemi, Workington
The bogus doctor exposed by the News & Star previously worked for an NHS trust where her involvement with a patient, whose case was littered with failings, helped trigger a major service review.
Robert Hext, Wigton
A man stalked his estranged wife with unwanted messages and visits to her place of work in the vain hope of a reconciliation.
John Keenan, Carlisle
A Carlisle man arrested for criminal damage repeatedly spat at the police officers involved – and then used a police van and two cells as a toilet.
Stacy Ann Chambers, Penrith
A Penrith woman who assaulted two workers at a Keswick pub – biting one of them on the hand - was spared from jail after a district judge was told about her struggles with mental health.
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