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....

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...