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,...

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...