Further charges were laid after he then breached his community work four times last year.
In Hastings District Court this week, defence lawyer Eric Forster argued his client had suffered a medical complication while serving out his sentence at the Hastings SPCA. Mr Forster said he had completed his hours despite it being "a long torturous path".
Judge Geoff Rea convicted and discharged him with the words: "You are one of the most disagreeable attendees the probation service have tended to," Judge Rea said. He said the businessman had made hard work of his sentence right up to the bitter end.
Beacham, the brother of Hastings barrister Sacha Beacham, and son of local GP and Beacham Independent Jaguar Ltd owner, Greg Beacham, refused to comment on his court appearance.