50-year-old Paul Bennett has been fined £80 by the courts after he resisted 5 Police officers during an early morning incident in Newport. As previously reported by Island Echo, Police were called to Fairmount Drive at 02:13 on 29th May...

Monday 6th June – Friday 10th June 2022 • Phillip Michael Spinks, 37, of Josephs Way in Shanklin, pleaded guilty to 2 charges of sending a threatening electronic communication. He was made subject to a 2-year community order with a...

2 men who allegedly stole £600 worth of clothing from Sports Direct in Newport have been released from custody whilst investigations are underway. On Friday the men - both from Newport - went into the Sports Direct store on South...

21-year-old Ryan Hopewell has been jailed for 71 weeks for the abuse he inflicted on 2 women between 2020 and 2022, with the most recent incident occurring on 5th May this year. Hopewell, of Sun Hill in Cowes, appeared at...

A 25-year-old Cowes man who threatened a taxi driver with a 6-inch kitchen knife after refusing to pay his fare has been handed a 12-month community order with 120 hours of unpaid work. Billy Haylor, of Newport Road in Cowes,...

A man who was 8 times over the drug-driving limit was so unfit to drive a member of the public called the Police over his parking.  Joshua Winson, 21, of Salisbury Road, Ryde pleaded guilty to 1 count of drug...

A man who told his ex-girlfriend that he was going to 'cut her throat' and caused thousands of pounds of damage to her car, pleaded guilty at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court today (Friday). Brian Samuel, 35, of St...

A man who crashed into a wall in Brading was under the influence of drugs, the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court has heard. Joshua Freeley, 26, of Avenue Road, Sandown pleaded guilty to 1 count of drug driving when he...

A convicted rapist serving his sentence at Parkhurst spat in the face of a prison officer after shouting 'I'm not a sex offender', a court heard this week. Ashley Mills, 36, of HMP Isle of Wight, who is currently serving...

A man who stole over £25o worth of Pokémon cards to pay his crisis loans has pleaded guilty to theft.  Alex Cooper of George Street in Ryde pleaded guilty to 2 counts of theft when he appeared in front of...