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 man seen wandering the streets of Ryde in broad daylight armed with a machete - witnessed by many, including children - has received a suspended prison sentence. Martin Bell, 52, of St Thomas' Street in Ryde, appeared before the...

39-year-old Terence Perkins has been handed a 2-year community order and warned that he won't be given 'any more bites of the cherry' following his latest appearance before Magistrates earlier this week. Perkins, now of Barton Road in Newport but...

A Shanklin man has been sentenced for stealing apple juice, a muffin and a sausage roll from an honesty shop in Havenstreet last month. Alex Cooper, 26, of Oaklyn Gardens, admitted theft from a shop, possession of a controlled drug...

Serial shoplifter Raymond Skelly has been handed a 20-week prison sentence after stealing more than £900 worth of goods from shops in Newport. 45-year-old Skelly, of Culver Parade in Sandown, is back behind bars after his latest crime spree over...

A former Island man - serving a lengthy stint in prison - has been sentenced following an incident that erupted after his partner noticed he had liked a TikTok video of 2 women dancing in bikinis. Paul Bishton, 32, of...

A Shanklin man who was handed a conditional caution, but forgot to pay the fine, has been sentenced before a bench of Magistrates. Connor Desbrow, 34, of Coronation Gardens, admitted possession of a controlled drug of class-B (cannabis) and drunk...

An Island man who neglected 6 kittens, one of which had to be put down, has been handed a suspended prison sentence. Neil Andrew Cain, 62, of The Broadway, Totland Bay, was investigated and prosecuted by the RSPCA after concerns...

A pair of Southampton men involved in the burglary of Sandown's Co-op back in February - in which £5,000 was stolen -  have not been handed custodial sentences. Billy Connis, 33, of Bernard Street and Thomas Weller, 38, of Mousehole...

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...