A recovery firm from Falmouth was among five defendants from the town involved in court cases relating to motor offences in the last few weeks.

Xpress Recovery Limited, based at the same address as Xpress Garage on the Tregoniggie Industrial Estate, was ordered to pay £816 after failing to give information to police.

It was after Devon and Cornwall Police ordered that the company identify the driver of a Toyota Corolla that was alleged to have been guilty of an offence.

Having failed to comply on March 12 this year, Bodmin Magistrates' Court heard the details of the case on October 6 and fined Xpress Recovery £660.

The company, listed on Companies House with Peter Adams as sole director, was also ordered to pay £90 prosecution costs and a £66 surcharge to fund victim services.

Other defendants from Falmouth included 37-year-old Daniel Douglas Waters, who was proved under the Single Justice Procedure to have driven a Ford Transit van on the A30, between St Erth and the Loggans Moor Roundabout, above the 50mph speed limit on January 27 this year.

Waters, from Pendarves Road, saw his case come before Bodmin Magistrates' Court on September 28, when he was fined £66 and ordered to pay £90 costs, with a £34 surcharge. He also had three points added to his driving licence.

Susan Bridget L Irons, of Meadowbank Road, failed to give information to police on January 15 this year, in relation to the identity of the person driving a Nissan Qashqai, who was alleged to have been guilty of an offence.

The 31-year-old was fined £660 by magistrates in Bodmin, who also ordered that she pay £90 costs and a £66 surcharge. Irons was disqualified from driving for six months, due to "repeat offending", with six points added to her licence, when the case was heard on September 30.

A second charge, that on December 13 last year she was caught on the average speed camera at Trewennack near Helston driving above the 30mph speed limit on December 13, was withdrawn.

Bayley Jesson, of Trefusis Road, pleaded guilty to driving on the A39 at Buckshead, Truro while being more than twice the drink drive limit on August 30.

The 20-year-old recorded 83 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath - the legal limit being 35 microgrammes.

Jesson appeared before magistrates in Truro on September 16 and was banned from driving for 22 months, in addition to paying a £750 fine, £85 costs and a £75 surcharge.

Finally Jessica Emily Penny, of Norfolk Road in Falmouth, was snapped by a speed camera driving above the 70mph limit on the A30 at Fingle Glen, Tedburn St Marry, on February 17.

The 26-year-old was fined £57 by magistrates and told to pay £90 costs plus a £34 surcharge, with three points added to her licence on October 5.