44-year-old Angie Holroyd has been handed a 17-month driving ban after being caught driving erratically whilst under the influence of alcohol. Magistrates heard on Tuesday how the mum-of-2, previously of Rew Street in Cowes, was caught drink driving on Foxes...

An old age pensioner, who has held a clean driving licence for 55 years, has been banned from driving after care home staff alerted Police to him drinking alcohol from a hip flask. Dennis Sinfield, 73, of Youngwoods Way in...

A Sandown man who has appeared before the courts no less than 16 times has been fined following his latest appearance after shouting homophobic abuse at Police. Anthony Serjent, 43, of Fort Street, appeared before the Isle of Wight Magistrates...

Former Isle of Wight man Oliver Tatton has been charged with a string of sexual offences - including the rape of an underage girl. Tatton, formerly of Shanklin but now of Worcester, has been charged with no less than 9...

Monday 2nd May – Friday 6th May 2022 • Aiden Bryan James Aisher, 29, of Heathfield Road in Freshwater, admitted breaching the requirements of a community order - namely failing to attend unpaid work. The original order was revoked and...

A chef from Yarmouth has had his hopes of taking up a new job in Ventnor dashed after being banned from driving for 12 months. Harry Blazeby, 24, of Bouldnor Mead in Yarmouth, pleaded guilty to drug driving when he...

46-year-old Paul Elvins has been jailed for more than 4 years after pleading guilty to attempting to meet an underage boy for sex and sending sexual communications to 21 other children on social media platforms. Elvins, formally of St John's...

A tourist who told his then-girlfriend that she deserved to be raped, before forcibly holding her down, has admitted 2 charges  at court. 48-year-old Glen Conn, from Elmer Road in Bognor Regis, was holidaying on the Isle of Wight with...

A 60-year-old woman has been handed a suspended prison sentence after Police discovered £85,000 worth of cannabis at her address in Ryde. As first reported by Island Echo, Police carried out a raid at a property on Cross Street, Ryde...

Monday 25th April – Friday 29th April 2022 • Maxine Bennett, 47, of Wheelers Bay in Ventnor, pleaded guilty to possession of a Class B drug (amphetamine) and possession of a Class B drug (cannabis). She was fined £80 and...