PAIR ADMIT TO PEOPLE SMUGGLING AFTER YACHT INTERCEPTED OFF THE ISLE OF WIGHT
2 Ukrainian nationals have pleaded guilty to assisting unlawful immigration following a cross-border operation that saw a yacht intercepted off the coast of the Isle of Wight earlier this year.
Read moreDetailsYEAR-LONG BAN FOR DRUG DRIVER STOPPED BY POLICE IN BINSTEAD
A drug driver who was stopped by Police after they received a tip-off he was driving under the influence of cannabis, has been handed a 12-month driving ban.
Read moreDetailsGUIILTY PLEAS FROM MAN WHO STOLE STELLA ARTOIS FROM SHANKLIN SUPERMARKET
A Newport man with a dependency on alcohol has been ordered to pay compensation after admitting a duo of shoplifting offences.
Read moreDetailsCONDITIONAL DISCHARGE FOR FIRST TIME OFFENDER WHO STOLE 6 TUBS OF ICE CREAM
A first time offender who stole 6 tubs of ice cream from the Co-op has been handed a conditional discharge by the courts.
Read moreDetailsPROLIFIC THIEF RELEASED FROM PRISON JUST 6 DAYS INTO 4-MONTH SENTENCE
EXCLUSIVE: One of the Island’s most prolific offenders was wrongly released from prison just 6 days into a 4-month sentence, going on to commit further offences within just 48 hours, Island Echo can exclusively reveal.
Read moreDetails“SPEED KILLS” WARNS CORONER AS INQUEST INTO FATAL WHIPPINGHAM ROAD CRASH CONCLUDES
“Speed kills” - that was the warning issued by HM Senior Coroner Caroline Sumeray during the inquest into a fatal road traffic collision that claimed the lives of 2 young Islanders in Whippingham back in 2022.
Read moreDetailsLATEST CASES AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT MAGISTRATES COURT (3RD NOVEMBER – 7TH NOVEMBER)
This is your latest round-up of some of the cases heard at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court...
Read moreDetailsRYDE FARM OWNER FINED £8,000 AFTER CRYPTOSPORIDIUM OUTBREAK INFECTS 264 PEOPLE
A Ryde farm owner has been fined £8,000 after an animal bottle-feeding activity at Hazelgrove Farm led to an outbreak of cryptosporidiosis that infected 264 people, more than half of them children. Sharon Wheeler, 60, operated the petting zoo event...
Read moreDetailsDISQUALIFIED DRIVER CAUGHT ON SURRON E-BIKE HANDED 6 POINTS BY MAGISTRATES
A 22-year-old man from Newport has been sentenced to a community order after being caught riding a Surron e-bike while disqualified from driving.
Read moreDetailsFAKE DPD DRIVER WHO STOLE PARCELS FROM ISLE OF WIGHT SHOPS SENTENCED
A man who posed as a DPD delivery driver to fraudulently collect parcels from High Street shops in Newport has been ordered to complete 150 hours of unpaid work and pay over £600 in compensation.
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