Isle of Wight Magistrates issued a warrant earlier this week after a man accused of stealing clothing items from a charity shop in Sandown, didn't show up at court.  Timothy Young, 56, of Ocean View Road in Ventnor was due...

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...

A Ryde man who breached a suspended sentence order after being found in possession of cannabis, has been spared jail. Elliot Dwyer, 24, of St John's Hill in Ryde, admitted possession of a controlled drug of class-B (cannabis) when he...

A Sandown man who was arrested after Police found several cannabis plants in his house is to be sentenced next year. Lee Mitchell, 34, of Leed Street in Sandown, admitted producing a controlled drug of Class B when he appeared...

A Cowes man, whose refusal to leave his house resulted in Armed Police being deployed, has been handed a suspended prison sentence. Ben Hayman, 45, of Arctic Road in Cowes, appeared before Magistrates last week (29th November) having previously admitted...

58-year-old Andrew Collins, who was convicted of exposing himself in front of 2 women at a local holiday park back in 2022, has appeared before magistrates again after breaching the notification requirements of the Sex Offender's Register.  Collins, now of...

30-year-old Ashleigh Garrett, who crashed her car onto its roof after consuming 2 glasses of wine with a friend, has been banned from the roads for 40 months. Garrett, of Furrlongs in Newport, admitted drink driving and possession of a...

A rapist who slashed the throat of a paedophile whilst they were both locked up behind bars at HMP Isle of Wight has been handed a life sentence. 32-year-old Jack McRae, from Southampton, threw a jug of boiling water over...

A self-confessed 'scumbag' who has over 100 theft and kindred offences on his criminal record has been ordered to pay compensation to the Co-op. Paul Smart, 38, of Orchardleigh Road in Shanklin, admitted a single count of theft from a...

27-year-old Leon Gladdis, a notorious local criminal who fled the scene of the serious hit-and-run crash in Ryde earlier this year, has been handed another prison sentence. Gladdis, now of HMP Guys Marsh, appeared before Magistrates via video link today...