25-year-old Luke Orton has been ordered to pay a £276 fine after being caught in possession of up to £800 of cocaine - a Class A drug he intended to party with on New Year's Eve. Orton, of Alpine Road...

Monday 18th April – Friday 22nd April 2022 • Luke Thorpe, 31, of Arnold Road in Cowes, was sentenced to 6 months in prison, suspended for 18 months, after pleading guilty to possession of an offensive weapon in a public...

23-year-old Megan Durham is facing a prison sentence after pleading guilty to stabbing a woman in the head 4 times with a chisel. Durham, of Osborne Road in Shanklin, left the 41-year-old victim with injuries to her head and leg...

22-year-old Bailey Smith is to be sentenced at the Crown Court after pleading guilty to a 'prolonged attack' in which he kicked another man in the head some 7 times. The Isle of Wight Magistrates Court heard on Tuesday that...

A 55-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to 2 charges of exposing his penis following separate incidents in Ventnor in October of last year. Carl Hamling, of Steephill Road in Ventnor, is accused of intentionally exposing his genitals on 14th...

A man who was caught carrying a knuckleduster in his trousers for his 'own protection' has been sentenced at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court this week. 45-year-old Brian Bailey, previously of Clatterford Road in Newport, pleaded guilty to possessing...

23-year-old Thomas Phillips has been banned from driving after a Police motorcyclist smelt a strong waft of cannabis coming from his car. It was on 23rd January this year that Phillips was driving along St George's Way in Newport when...

A mum-of-2 from East Cowes who was caught behind the wheel whilst almost 5x the drink-drive limit has been taken off the roads for 36 months and handed a 20-week suspended prison sentence. 28-year-old Isabella Kochanski, of Albert Way, appeared...

A Ryde man has been charged following an investigation into a series of domestic-related incidents, alleged to have taken place between September 2020 and December 2021. Ryan Hopewell, 21, of Amherst Place, has been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily...

Monday 11th April – Friday 15th April 2022 • Ryan Davey, 28, of Lushington Hill in Wootton, pleaded guilty to drink driving (122). He was banned from driving for 29 months and made subject to a 24-month community order with...