Here’s a round-up of notable charges brought before magistrates in Wiltshire in October 2025. Defendants listed are charged with a crime – their inclusion here does not mean they are guilty of the offence/s. All information on this page was originally shared to our Facebook page.
A Chippenham man has been charged with a string of offences relating to the supply of drugs.
Hayden Thorne, 24, of Lower Field, is set to face magistrates in Swindon tomorrow (29 October) in relation to allegations dating between 2018-2024.
They include:
– Possession with intent to supply cannabis
– Concerned in the supply of cocaine
– Concerned in supply of cannabis
– Acquiring / using / possessing cash and designer goods
A Wilton man is accused of stealing more than £10,000 from a Salisbury pub while working there.
Simon Stott, 33, is charged with theft by employee after allegedly taking £10,409.47 from The Five Bells in 2023.
Stott, of Kingsbury Square, is expected to appear at Salisbury Magistrates’ Court on Friday 17 October.
A 30-year-old woman is due to appear in court after allegedly driving under the influence of drugs and failing to stop for police in Melksham.
Ella Brindley, of The Knapps, Semington, has been charged with two driving offences following an incident involving a Ford Fiesta on the A361.
She is accused of driving a Ford Fiesta while unfit through drugs on 24 March. The defendant is also charged with failing to stop the car when requested to do so by a uniformed constable.
She is set to appear at Salisbury Magistrates’ Court on Friday 17 October.
A Swindon man has been charged with a firearms offence and is due to appear in court tomorrow.
Adam Banks, 44, is accused of having a imitation firearm – a black M4-style airsoft rifle – in the street outside his home on 10 July 2025.
The defendant, of Ipswich Street, Gorse Hill is due to appear at Swindon Magistrates’ Court tomorrow afternoon (Thursday, 16 October).
A Swindon man is to appear in court after he was allegedly found in possession of numerous weapons in a residential street.
Jacek Boguszynski is charged with having a lock knife, a baseball bat and a baton in Chaddington Strand, Wichelstowe, on 3 July this year.
The 41-year-old, of Ermin Street, is also charged with being in possession of amphetamine and cannabis – both Class B drugs.
The defendant is due to appear at Swindon Magistrates’ Court tomorrow (Thursday, 16 October).
A man from Swindon has been charged with numerous offences – including having a knife outside Gablecross Police Station.
Nathan Hartley, 51, of Affleck Close, Toothill, is accused of threatening to smash in the doors of the police station on 28 September 2025.
It’s alleged that outside Gablecross on the same date, he was found to be in possession of a butterfly knife, a multi-tool with a blade, and a quantity of cannabis.
The defendant is due to appear at Swindon Magistrates’ Court tomorrow (Thursday, 16 October).
A Corsham woman has been charged with assaulting two police officers during an incident earlier this year.
Hazel Condie-Yuod, of Elm Hayes, is alleged to have attacked PC Wyatt and PC Ferris on 19 August.
The 28-year-old is due to appear at Swindon Magistrates’ Court tomorrow (Wednesday 8 October).
A man from Swindon has been charged with possessing more than 1,500 illicit images of children.
Bryan Wyatt, 40, of St Austell Way, is facing three charges of making indecent images, and a fourth of possessing prohibited images of children.
The defendant is due to appear at Swindon Magistrates’ Court for a first hearing tomorrow (Wednesday 8 October).
Graham Bridgeman, 67, has been charged with using threatening or abusive words or behaviour to cause harassment, alarm or distress in Chippenham on 29 May 2025.
The defendant, previously of Allington Way and now of Newbourne Gardens in Lower Stanton St Quintin, is due to appear at Salisbury Magistrates’ Court on 7 October.
A man from Swindon has been charged with attempting to r*pe a teenage girl (under 16) back in in 2024.
47-year-old Gavin Bowler, of Wheeler Avenue, also faces a charge of assaulting the same alleged victim by penetration.
The defendant is due to appear at Swindon Magistrates’ Court on 7 October. The charges are indictable only – so the case will likely be sent to Swindon Crown Court for a plea and trial preparation hearing.
A Swindon woman is set to stand trial accused of harassing a man over social media – despite being told to stop.
Charlotte Olliffe-Martin, 38, of Kendal in Toothill, is charged with one count of harassment without violence.
The alleged offence is said to have occurred between 29 April and 7 May in Swindon.
During this period, she is accused of pursuing a course of conduct which amounted to the harassment of Ian Olliffe, including making repeated posts on Facebook and sending direct messages after being warned not to.
The case is due to be heard at Swindon Magistrates’ Court at 10am on 7 October.
