A Ventnor man who committed shoplifting offence just 8 days after being handed a suspended sentence order, is to be sentenced next month. Benjamin Gothard-Smith, 42, of Mitchell Avenue in Ventnor, admitted 3x theft from a shop when he appeared...

A woman who shared 4 bottles of wine whilst out with a friend at a local restaurant, before then driving home, has been handed a 17-month driving ban.  Vanessa Richardson, 68, of New Road in Brading, admitted drink driving when...

Monday 28th October – Friday 1st November 2024 • Aaron Thomas, 19, of West Street, Ryde pleaded guilty to drug driving (cannabis). He was banned from driving for 15 months, fined £295 and ordered to pay £85 costs with a £118...

35-year-old Thomas Hayden faces a minimum 3-year driving ban after being caught drug driving for the second time in under 3 years - with more than 16x the limit of Benzoylecgonine - a cocaine metabolite - in his system. Hayden,...

All 3 men who burgled the Co-op store on Shanklin's Landguard Road back in February have avoided prison. As first reported by Island Echo, it was on the evening of Sunday 25th February that Police were called following reports of...

A community support worker who was found slumped at the wheel whilst high on ketamine following a crash on The Downs back in March, has been handed a community order and banned from the roads for 19-months. 36-year-old Sam Tilbury,...

A Wootton man who assaulted a woman simply because she made remarks about the messiness of his house, has been handed a 12-month community order. Timothy Layfield, 55, of High Street in Wootton, admitted a single charge of assault by...

The driver of a Suzuki Swift who was involved in a 2-car crash was found to be more than three times the drink drive limit at the time of the collision, a court has heard. Danai Gandanzara, 42, of Albert...

19-year-old Aaron Thomas, who was found to be drug driving after he was stopped by Police, has been banned from the roads for 15 months.  Thomas, of West Street in Ryde, admitted drug driving when he appeared at the Isle...

A paramedic caught drink driving looks to set lose his job after being banned from the road for 17 months. Sebastian Rupp, 45, of Tandy Close in Ryde, admitted drink driving when he appeared at the Isle of Wight Magistrates...