PENALTY POINTS FOR DRIVER WHO FLED SCENE AFTER CRASHING INTO TREE
A 28-year-old man from Sandown has been handed 8 penalty points and ordered to pay more than £220 after fleeing the scene of a crash outside Lynnbottom tip last August. Toby Redpath, of Cliff Way, appeared before Isle of Wight...
Read moreDetailsLATEST CASES AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT MAGISTRATES COURT (21ST APRIL – 25TH APRIL)
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 moreDetailsWOOTTON PAEDOPHILE JAILED FOR 18 YEARS FOR CHILD SEX OFFENCES
71-year-old paedophile Keith Matthews has been jailed for 18 years after being found guilty of 8 counts of sexual offences against 3 children in Ryde and East Cowes, the youngest being just 8 years old. In July 2022, Police received...
Read moreDetailsLATEST CASES AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT MAGISTRATES COURT (14TH APRIL – 18TH APRIL 2025)
Monday 14th April – Friday 18th April 2024 • Shane Burt, 36, of Alfred Street, Ryde pleaded guilty to drug driving (cannabis). He was banned from driving for 12 months, fined £120 and ordered to pay costs of £85 with...
Read moreDetailsYEAR-LONG BAN FOR DRUG DRIVER CAUGHT DRIVING WITHOUT INSURANCE
A Ryde man caught driving without insurance and with cannabis in his system has been banned from the roads for 12 months and fined £120. Johnathan Spencer, 55, of St Thomas Street in Ryde, admitted drug driving and driving without...
Read moreDetailsMAN WHO DANGEROUSLY CUT ACROSS ROUNDABOUT HANDED 12-MONTH DRIVING BAN
A drug driver from Ryde, who was stopped by Police after he cut across a roundabout in Newport, has been handed a 12-month driving ban. Shane Burt, 36, of Alfred Street, admitted drug driving when he appeared at the Isle...
Read moreDetailsGUILTY PLEAS FROM NEWPORT DRUG DRIVER WHO ‘FELT OKAY TO DRIVE’
A Newport man who claimed he was 'okay to drive' a few days after consuming cocaine is to be sentenced for drug driving in May. Richard Harrison, 46, of Halberry Lane in Newport, admitted drug driving when he appeared at...
Read moreDetailsCOURT HEARS SHOPLIFTER TOLD WOMAN ‘I HOPE YOUR DAUGHTER GETS R*PED’
24-year-old Lily Nash, who verbally assaulted a woman just moments after she intercepted in her attempts to steal more than £650 from Sainsbury's, will learn her fate next month. Nash, of Atkinson Drive in Newport, admitted 2x theft from a...
Read moreDetailsPRISON WARNING FOR SANDOWN WOMAN WHO TWICE BREACHED CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR ORDER
A Sandown woman who breached her Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) and stole from a shop has been warned that she may be sent to prison when she is sentenced next month. Maddy Allen-Willsher, 21, of Fairway Holiday Park, admitted 2x...
Read moreDetailsRYDE MAN CAUGHT BEHIND THE WHEEL JUST DAYS AFTER BEING HANDED 3-YEAR BAN
34-year-old Gregg Wicks, who was caught behind the wheel just 11 days after being handed a 3-year driving ban, is to be sentenced at the Isle of Wight Crown Court next month. Wicks, now of The Strand in Ryde, admitted...
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