An inquest has been opened into the death of a 72-year-old woman who collided with a double-decker bus back in June.

An inquest into the death of a 22-year-old found hanged in a flat in Ryde on 11th August has been opened.

Nearly 4 years after his brutal death, Coroner Caroline Sumeray has concluded that Isle of Wight man Scott Cooper, who was found upside down in a shower after being stabbed to death, was unlawfully killed.

This is your weekly round-up of some of the latest court cases heard at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court.

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.

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.

A Newport man with a dependency on alcohol has been ordered to pay compensation after admitting a duo of shoplifting offences.

A first time offender who stole 6 tubs of ice cream from the Co-op has been handed a conditional discharge by the courts.

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.

“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.