YEAR-LONG DRIVING BAN FOR CANNABIS-SMOKING VAN MAN
A Freshwater man has been handed a 12-month driving ban after he admitted getting behind the wheel after smoking cannabis. Joshua Stephan, 22, of High Street in Freshwater, pleaded guilty to drug driving when he appeared at the Isle of...
Read moreDetailsNETTLESTONE PENSIONER CAUGHT WITH OVER 800 INDECENT IMAGES OF CHILDREN
75-year-old Barry Ewens is to learn his fate at the Isle of Wight Crown Court next month after admitting possessing more than 800 indecent images of children - 443 of which were the most serious kind. Ewens, of Nettlestone Hill...
Read moreDetailsCROWN COURT DATE FOR MAN ACCUSED OF SHANKLIN STABBING
36-year-old Aaron Caley from Ryde will appear before the Isle of Wight Crown Court next month facing a charge of wounding with intent. Caley, of Pellhurst Road, appeared before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court on Monday (24th June) following...
Read moreDetailsLENGTHY BAN ON THE CARDS FOR DRUG DRIVER LOOKING TO OVERTAKE IN VIEW OF POLICE
A drug driver who was looking to overtake cars whilst in the view of Police faces a minimum of a 3-year driving ban. 27-year-old Joseph Medway, of John Street in Ryde, pleaded guilty to drug driving when he appeared at...
Read moreDetailsPROLIFIC THIEF WOULD ‘RATHER BE IN PRISON THAN ON THE STREETS’ COURT HEARS
A serial offender - who has admitted committing yet more dishonesty offences - says he would rather be in prison than back on the streets. Warren Russell, 40, of no fixed abode, appeared via video link from HMP Isle of...
Read moreDetailsDRINK DRIVER WHO LOST ‘PROFESSIONAL DRIVING’ JOB HANDED 20-MONTH BAN
A professional driver has lost his job as a bus driver - and his driving licence - after admitting drink driving during an appearance at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court. Scott Watson, 44, of Arthur Street in Ryde, admitted...
Read moreDetailsGUILTY PLEAS FROM SERIAL OFFENDER WHO TOLD MAGISTRATES TO SEND HIM TO PRISON
A serial offender who damaged a gate and a drainpipe - and said that the best thing magistrates could do would be to send him to prison - will be sentenced in August. Terence Perkins, of Culver Parade in Sandown,...
Read moreDetailsSEX OFFENDER ADMITS FAILING TO REGISTER BANK CARD WITH POLICE
A convicted sex offender who was found in possession of more than 700,000 indecent images back in 2017 has admitted failing to register his new bank card with Police. Peter Trayner, 74, of Queens Road in Freshwater, appeared at the...
Read moreDetailsDRUG DRIVER WAS CAUGHT BY POLICE DUE TO HAVING FOG LIGHTS ON
A Newport woman spotted driving with her fog lights on in clear conditions was found to be under the influence of drugs at the time, a court has heard. 35-year-old Jade Tigwell, of Godric Road, appeared at the Isle of...
Read moreDetailsISLAND DUO ADMIT THEFT OF FALSE LASHES FROM SUPERDRUG
An Island pair well known to the courts have admitted stealing a pair of false eyelashes from Superdrug back in April. Amber Gagen, 24 of Green Street in Ryde and Maddy Allen-Wilsher, 20, care of Godric Road in Newport, appeared...
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