A ram-raider who stole £10,000 worth of tobacco during a night-time crime spree targeting shops, containers and a farm shop across the Isle of Wight has admitted his guilt in the Crown Court. 41-year-old Nicky Dickinson, of Barton Road in...

A Ryde man who crashed a Mercedes while under the influence of drugs - with a child in the vehicle - has appeared before the Isle of Wight Magistrates’ Court and admitted multiple driving offences. 36-year-old Terry Watts, of Playstreet...

A Learning Support Assistant from Cowes, accused of grooming a teenage pupil, has pleaded not guilty to a number of sexual offences. Melanie Rock, 33, of Arctic Road, appeared before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court earlier today (Tuesday) accused...

An Isle of Wight woman caught driving with drugs in her system twice in less than a month, will learn her fate in December. Helen Gibbons, 58, of no fixed abode, appeared at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court earlier...

A homeless man who stole more than £200 worth of goods from shops in Ryde, has been handed a community order. Kaine Cooper, 28, of no fixed abode, appeared at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court having previously admitted 10...

A 72-year-old man from Chale has been fined after admitting to cultivating 23 cannabis plants, before getting behind the wheel with the drug in his system. Nicholas John Fleming, of Gladices Lane, appeared before Isle of Wight Magistrates’ Court last...

A 21-year-old man who mowed down a teenage pedestrian on an illegal electric motorbike in Ryde High Street has been handed a suspended prison sentence and a 12-month driving ban. Patrick Douglas, of Fishbourne Lane, appeared before the Isle of...

Monday 22nd September – Friday 26th September 2025 • Nicholas John Fleming, 72, of Gladices Lane, Chale Green, Ventnor – Admitted cultivating 23 cannabis plants and driving with delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in his blood above the legal limit. He was fined £200,...

38-year-old Dean Clack, who 'recklessly' put pressure on a toddler's neck, causing a haemorrhage in her eye, has been handed a suspended prison sentence. Clack, of Avenue Road in Freshwater, learnt his fate when he appeared for sentencing at the...

36-year-old James Fothergill, a Niton man accused of a child sex offence, is yet to enter a plea as his Crown Court case has been delayed for the third time. Mr Fothergill, of Newport Road, appeared before Judge David Melville...