An Isle of Wight man who tried to get a 6-year-old girl to engage in sexual activity has been sent to prison for 39 months - on his birthday. Liam Hibberd, 35, of Carlton Place in Ryde, appeared at the...

Niton man James Fothergill, who attempted to meet what he thought was a 14-year-old boy, unaware they were in fact an undercover Police officer, has admitted his guilt. 36-year-old Fothergill, of Newport Road, admitted a single charge of attempting to...

The death of a woman in Cowes, which was initially treated as unexplained and prompted a Police appeal for information, has been ruled accidental by the Isle of Wight's Coroner. A Section 9C inquest - held in writing behind closed...

A 57-year-old woman who threatened her own husband with a kitchen knife will learn her fate in December. Irene Lord, currently on remand at HMP Bronzefield, admitted a single count of threatening a person with an offensive weapon/bladed article/corrosive substance...

A man who subjected his partner to months of coercive, violent abuse – and strangled a neighbour who tried to help her – has been jailed for over 2 years following a sentencing hearing at the Isle of Wight Crown...

• Timothy Young, 57, of Grange Road, Shanklin – committed theft from Boots in Newport on 7 October. He pleaded guilty and received no separate penalty. On 25 September he stole items worth £29.75 from Sainsbury’s in Ryde and was...

30-year-old Kieran Thompson has been sentenced to 6 months in prison after assaulting a police officer and committing multiple shop thefts across the Isle of Wight. Thompson, of Westminster Lane in Newport, appeared before Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court on 9th October,...

Prolific local offender Timothy Young is back behind bars this week after committing yet more theft offences, this time whilst subject to a suspended sentence. It was on 23rd September that the 57-year-old was handed a sentence of 4 months,...

"Mental health failed Daniel" – those were the words of a grieving mother as the Coroner finally concluded an inquest into the death of her son, more than 6 years after his body was discovered in woodland at Shanklin. Senior...

• Kaine Cooper, 28, of High Street, Ryde – admitted nine counts of shop theft across June to August 2025 from Sainsbury’s and the Co-op, stealing items including beer, sandwiches, wine, chicken, and ice cream valued between £10 and £38.30....