Victim 33-year-old Scott Cooper Gruesome details of how 33-year-old Scott Cooper was stabbed multiple times and his body was found upside down in a bathroom have been revealed as the murder trial against 38-year-old Piers Brazier gets underway. Brazier stands...

Isle of Wight councillor Daryll Pitcher did not enter a plea to charges of rape and indecent assault during an appearance at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court this morning (Tuesday). As reported by Island Echo yesterday, the well-known Wootton...

A 26-year-old man was caught drug driving when officers pulled him over for not wearing a seat belt, the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court heard last week. Robert Collins, of Fairlee Road in Newport, appeared before Magistrates on Friday charged...

A Cowes man who was caught growing 4 cannabis plants when Police conducted door-to-door enquiries in his neighbourhood has been fined £80 - and his suspended prison sentence hasn't been activated. Keith Butcher, 45, of Maxted Close in Cowes, appeared...

Well-known Wootton councillor Daryll Pitcher has been charged with 2 counts of raping an underage girl and 1 of indecent assault, it has been revealed. The 46-year-old, of Norman Way in Wootton, will appear before the Isle of Wight Magistrates...

A 56-year-old man from Brading has appeared in court accused of slapping a 14-year-old girl on the backside whilst she was waiting for a bus in Sandown. Allan Pearce, of High Street in Brading, appeared before Magistrates on Friday morning...

Paedophile HGV driver Raymond Johnson, who was caught with a haul of indecent images, has been fined £461 after pleading guilty to his second breach of the notification requirements of the Sex Offenders Register. 73-year-old Johnson, now of High Street...

A drug driver who crashed into a tree on Racecourse Roundabout earlier this year, providing a Benzoylecgonine reading of almost 11x the limit, has been handed a 12-month driving ban and fined £550. Deverill Hudson, 48, of St John's Road...

Monday 13th June – Friday 17th June 2022 • Claire Sprengel, 43, of Scarrots Lane in Newport, changed her plea to guilty for driving whilst unfit through drugs. She was handed a 6-month community order with 15 rehabilitation days, banned...

A man who admitted he carried a knuckleduster for protection and that he was 'dead' if it was taken from him has been handed a 12-month community order.  Appearing at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court on Tuesday, Keelan Hobbs,...