A man, who robbed another man at knifepoint in Newport town centre earlier this year, has been jailed. Late in the evening on 18th January this year, the victim left McDonald’s in Newport and walked down Pyle Street before he...

A drink driver from Bembridge who crashed his car into a bus and a BMW has been handed a 16-month driving ban. Taliesin Tallack, 28, of Dennett Road in Bembridge, admitted drink driving on the 3rd July when he appeared...

An East Cowes man has been jailed for 7 years for raping a woman whilst she slept. Ross Lacey, aged 37, was convicted of rape on 7th December 2023 following a trial at Isle of Wight Crown Court. The court...

A 27-year-old man who stole Red Bull, coffee and steaks from a Sandown supermarket so he and his pregnant partner could 'survive' has been handed a conditional discharge. William Morriss, of West Street in Ryde, pleaded guilty to 2 counts...

A Newport woman who kicked a fire extinguisher off the wall before throwing it down a set of stairs is to be sentenced in September. Mazie Bailey, 21, of Atkinson Drive in Newport, admitted criminal damage and common assault when...

An Islander who stole a vape from a shop in Ryde has been ordered to pay the business £90 in compensation. Matthew Lewendon, 53, of no fixed abode, admitted theft from a shop when he appeared at the Isle of...

6-and-a-half years after he was caught trying to meet a child for sex outside Sandown Pier, 28-year-old Joshua Powell has been handed a suspended prison sentence. Powell, most recently of Main Street, Belshill in North Lanarkshire, appeared before a judge...

A 20-year-old Ventnor man who was caught doing nearly double the speed limit whilst driving through Rookley on his motorbike has been handed 6 points on his licence. Daniel Knights, 20, of Castle Close in Ventnor appeared before the Isle...

53-year-old David Dean has admitted attempting to engage in sexual communications with a girl under the age of 13 and will be sentenced at the Crown Court next month. Dean, of Hungerberry Close in Shanklin, admitted attempting to cause/incite a...

A Shanklin teenager has admitted several counts of possessing and distributing indecent images of children. Jamie O'Neil, 19, of Culver Road, admitted 3x possession of a photograph/pseudo-photograph of a child and 3x distribute an indecent photograph/pseudo-photograph of a child when...