Here are some of the people who were sentenced at Teesside Crown Court last week.

They include a drug dealer, a domestic violence perpetrator, a sex offender, a burglar and two fraudsters.

Regan Walker, of Heythrop Drive, Middlesbrough, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply a controlled drug of Class A – Heroin from June 19 last year.

The 23-year-old was given an 18-month suspended sentence order for two years wit then rehabilitation activity requirement days and 80 hours of unpaid work.

Mitchell Wilson, of Algeron Road, Newcastle, pleaded guilty to failing to comply with notification requirements of the sex offenders’ register between November 15 and 19 at Hartlepool after failing to inform the authorities he was staying at an address for more than 12 hours where a person under 18 was staying.

The 30-year-old was given a five-month prison sentence suspended for two years and ordered to attend 30 rehabilitation activity requirement days.

Alan Jefferson, of Keswick Road, Redcar, admitted charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, intentional strangulation and two charges of assault by beating on his former partner. The 58-year-old was handed an 18-month prison sentence suspended for two years.

He must complete 35 days rehabilitation and carry out 300 hours unpaid work. He must also comply with a 120-day alcohol abstinence monitoring requirement and a restraining order.

Jonathan Green, of Newcommen Terrace, Redcar, pleaded guilty to burglary with intent, burglary and to four counts of theft. During one offence he stole an Xbox, PlayStation and a TV from a flat on Redcar High Street on March 29.

The 42-year-old was jailed for 30 months and was ordered to pay the resident of the flat £228 in compensation.

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Lewis Heighton and Paul Jefferson appeared at court to be sentenced on Wednesday after a home on Morland Fell, in Redcar, was burgled. The court heard on November 4, 2022, the pair defrauded the homeowner out of money by using her bank card at the Esso fuel station, on Trunk Road.

Heighton, 35, of Saltersgill Avenue, Middlesbrough, and 49-year-old Jefferson of Harwal Road, Redcar, pleaded guilty to handling stolen goods, fraud and two counts of theft.

The pair were previously charged with burglary but the charge was dropped. Heighton was sentenced to 18 months in prison while his co-accused was sentenced to 17 months in custody