‘MIKEY’ BEHIND BARS AFTER PLEADING GUILTY TO ISLE OF WIGHT DRUGS SUPPLY OPERATION
A man involved in a drugs supply operation between Surrey and the Isle of Wight, in which he would send out marketing texts to Island drug users, has been jailed for more than 5 years. Officers from Hampshire Constabulary investigated...
Read moreDetailsAPSE HEATH MAN WHO WAS TOO EMBARRASSED TO BLOW BANNED FROM THE ROADS
A man who refused to provide a breath sample at the roadside because he was embarrassed, but later went on to blow 68 at the Police station, has been banned from driving for 17 months. Stephen Robinson, 53, of Park...
Read moreDetailsBREACHING TIER 4 RESTRICTIONS SEES CARE WORKER IN COURT – DESPITE HER EFFORTS TO PAY £100 FINE
A mental health care worker who was found in a car with 3 passengers during strict Tier 4 COVID restrictions has been handed a conditional discharge at court. Romy Vince, 39, of Cockleton Lane in Gurnard, found herself before Magistrates...
Read moreDetails21-YEAR-OLD DRINK DRIVER TOLD THERE IS “NO EXCUSE TO GAMBLE WITH PEOPLE’S LIVES” BY MAGISTRATES
A Yarmouth woman's driving career is somewhat on the rocks after being caught drink driving when Police spotted a headlight out on her Fiat 500. 21-year-old Erin Hucklesby, of South Street in Yarmouth, was stopped at just before midnight on...
Read moreDetailsWROXALL MAN HANDED PENALTY POINTS AFTER BEING FOUND IN CAR WHILST 4X THE DRINK-DRIVE LIMIT
A blazing row with his wife led to a Wroxall man being found behind the wheel of his car whilst more than 4 times the drink-drive limit, the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court heard today (Tuesday). Paul Roper, 54, of...
Read moreDetailsMAN ACCUSED OF RYDE MURDER APPEARS BEFORE WINCHESTER CROWN COURT
Scott Cooper, who was found dead at an address in George Street, Ryde Piers Brazier, who is accused of killing Newport man Scott Cooper at a flat in Ryde last week, has appeared in Crown Court charged with murdering the...
Read moreDetailsDRUNK TEEN CRASHED CAR AND THEN CLAIMED HE WASN’T DRIVING, COURT HEARS
A 19-year-old from East Cowes who decided to drink-drive after realising he had left his bag in Ryde has been banned from the roads for 20 months. Ben Gerrard, of Adelaide Grove, was found standing beside his upturned car by...
Read moreDetailsTHREATS TO BURN DOWN PUB SEES GURNARD MAN JAILED FOR 4 MONTHS
A man who threatened to burn a pub down with everyone still inside has received an immediate 4-month custodial sentence after appearing in court charged with a total of 4 offences. 36-year-old Darren Cook, of Cockleton Lane in Gurnard, appeared...
Read moreDetailsBEMBRIDGE MAN ADMITS TO POSSESSING OVER 250 INDECENT IMAGES OF CHILDREN
49-year-old Michael Keywood will appear in the Crown Court next month after admitting to possessing more than 250 indecent images of children, some as young as just 2 years old. Keywood, of Wavesound Close in Bembridge, appeared before the Isle...
Read moreDetailsNUISANCE NEIGHBOUR WHO PLAYED LOUD MUSIC GIVEN CONDITIONAL DISCHARGE
A man recently jailed for 2 years for threatening a woman with an axe has appeared in court again, this time for playing music so loud that Environmental Health had to step in. Tomas Bateman, 32, now of Her Majesty's...
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