A civil servant who downed a bottle of wine for breakfast, before proceeding to drive his mum's car to the shops whilst almost 3 times the drink-drive limit, has been banned from driving for 25 months. 48-year-old Richard Palin, of...

A drug driver was stopped after Police noticed that the pillion passenger aboard his moped wasn't wearing a helmet. Michael Elms, 37, of Central Way in Sandown, admitted drug driving (BZE) when he appeared at the Isle of Wight Magistrates...

A warrant has been issued for a West Wight pensioner who failed to turn up to court for the 3rd successive time. Peter Price, 88, of Cliff Road in Totland was due to appear at the Isle of Wight Magistrates...

A Sandown man who rolled his car onto its side back in March was under the influence of drugs at the time of the crash, a court has heard. Nicholas Barton, 34, of Avenue Road in Sandown, admitted drug driving...

2 men arrested and charged following the discovery of a cannabis farm in Newport, described by a judge as 'looking like a greenhouse at Kew Gardens', have both been handed suspended prison sentences. 43-year-old Robert Godley and 48-year-old Gino Dent...

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...