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.

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Teenager, Youth Court

Young passenger who filmed a shocking north Cumbria hit and run which left a pedestrian with a fractured skull sentenced.

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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.

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Dean Armstrong, Carlisle

Drunk Carlisle man arrested because of his aggressive behaviour after a football match was carrying 14 'deal ready' wraps of cocaine.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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