A Sandown paedophile awaiting sentencing for 21 child sex offences has now also pleaded guilty to possession of drugs with intent to supply. Joshua Pelling, 35, of Avenue Road in Sandown pleaded guilty to possession of a Class B drug...

An Isle of Wight woman, who was told by a judge she had 3 months to improve her behaviour before she would be sentenced for a GBH offence, has seen her case pushed back 24-year-old Megan Durham, who faces a...

An inquest into the death of a 74-year-old man from Newport has heard that he used a firearm to take his own life. Geoffrey Colin Brown was found dead in the back garden of his home on Pan Estate in...

A prolific shoplifter with over 115 convictions to his name has managed to avoid jail time yet again. 39-year-old Warren Russell, of Green Street in Ryde, appeared before Magistrates on Wednesday (7th December) charged with 7 counts of theft from...

A man who was driving whilst under the influence of cocaine and cannabis has been handed a 23-month driving ban. Lee Millington, 33, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to 3 counts of drug driving when he appeared at the...

A Newport man who drove home drunk after consuming 8 pints whilst watching England v Iran in the football World Cup at the pub has been handed a driving ban. Benjamin Burnett, 21, of The Finches in Gunville, pleaded guilty...

A convicted rapist, jailed for raping a 76-year-old woman back in 2019, has once again been sentenced for an exposure offence.  Glenroy Barnes, 34, of HMP Isle of Wight, pleaded guilty to exposure under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 when...

A man who carried out what was described in court as a criminal damage 'rampage', causing over £2,000 of damage to 12 cars in Sandown, has pleaded guilty.  Harry Turnbull, 30, and currently of HMP Winchester, appeared before Magistrates on...

A Yarmouth man who drove to work whilst disqualified and without the correct insurance because he didn't want to let his employer down has been given a further 3-month disqualification. Harry Blazeby, 25, of Bouldnor Mead in Yarmouth, pleaded guilty...

49-year-old Gareth Maydew, who was found to be in possession of multiple indecent images of children, including that of a child as young as 1, has avoided jail time. Maydew, of Garfield Road in Ryde, pleaded guilty to 1 count...