INQUEST CONCLUDES INTO DEATH OF MAN FOUND IN CAR WITH RUNNING GENERATOR
A Cowes man who was found dead inside a car in December 2022 died as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning from a running generator placed inside the vehicle, an inquest has concluded. 61-year-old David Anthony Bradley, a Heavy Goods...
Read moreDetailsMOTORCYCLIST BANNED AFTER 100MPH BLAST AND RED LIGHT JUMPING IN NEWPORT
A Newport motorcyclist has been disqualified from driving after clocking 100mph in a 40mph zone, jumping a red light, and riding with a hinged number plate designed to avoid detection. 35-year-old Nathan Larder, of Prospect Road, committed the offences on...
Read moreDetailsLATEST CASES AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT MAGISTRATES COURT (22ND – 26TH SEPTEMBER)
Monday 22nd September – Friday 26th September 2025 • Steven Tuckey, 45, of Hill Rise Avenue, Ryde – found guilty of stalking a police officer by sending abusive emails and publicly naming him, and also found guilty of damaging a...
Read moreDetailsBINSTEAD MAN GIVEN SUSPENDED SENTENCE FOR STALKING POLICE DETECTIVE
45-year-old Steven Tuckey has been handed a suspended prison sentence after being found guilty of stalking a police detective and damaging the front door of Newport Police Station. Tuckey, of Hillrise Avenue in Binstead, appeared before the Isle of Wight...
Read moreDetailsHAZELGROVE FARM OWNER PLEADS GUILTY AFTER 50 FALL ILL IN CRYPTOSPORIDIUM OUTBREAK
The owner of Hazelgrove Farm near Ryde has pleaded guilty to health and safety failings linked to a 2023 outbreak of cryptosporidiosis that left around 50 people unwell and led to a major public health investigation. 60-year-old Sharon Wheeler appeared...
Read moreDetailsNO MISCONDUCT FOUND IN POLICE CONTACT BEFORE NEWPORT MAN’S SUICIDE
A coroner has concluded that a man found dead at his 5-bedroom home in Newport shortly after Police contact back in 2023 took his own life, with no concerns raised during a subsequent standards review. 62-year-old John Stephen Eastwood was...
Read moreDetailsLATEST CASES AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT MAGISTRATES COURT (15TH – 19TH SEPTEMBER)
This is your weekly round-up of some of the latest court cases heard at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court. The defendant’s name, age, address and details of the charge(s) and sentence are published in accordance with Criminal Procedure Rule...
Read moreDetailsINQUEST CONCLUDES DEATH OF NEWPORT FISHERMAN WAS A RESULT OF MISADVENTURE
An inquest has concluded that the death of local fisherman Stephen Kitcher, who died from carbon monoxide poisoning while fishing near Newport in 2022, was the result of misadventure. The 47-year-old father-of-3 was found deceased inside a camping tent -...
Read moreDetailsGUILTY PLEAS FROM WOMAN CAUGHT IN POSSESSION OF KITCHEN KNIFE IN RYDE
A woman who was found asleep on the floor with her belongings scattered around her was in possession of a kitchen knife, a court has heard. Emma James, 41, of John Street in Ryde, admitted a single count of possession...
Read moreDetailsMOTORIST WHO DROVE WRONG WAY ALONG SEAFRONT TO BE SENTENCED NEXT MONTH
A mainland man who was stopped by Police after a member of the public witnessed him driving the wrong way along a main road will learn his fate next month. Lawrence Kuria, 31, Wykeham Road in Reading, admitted a single...
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