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...

Serial shoplifter Warren Russell - who admitted yet more dishonesty offences last month - has somehow avoided jail and been given one last chance to stay out of trouble. Russell, 40, of no fixed abode, appeared once again before the...

A Sandown hotelier who admitted to making and then distributing indecent images of children is to be sentenced in September. Stuart Pettifer, of Station Avenue in Sandown, admitted 3x making indecent photograph/pseudo-photograph of a child and 1x distributing an indecent...

A pensioner from London - with a second home in Cowes - has been handed a 15-month community order for stalking an Island couple after he attached an Apple AirTag to their car. 68-year-old Martin Waters, of Fashoda Road in...

A Bembridge woman who stole more than £13,000 from her employer by simply refunding business transactions onto her personal bank cards, has been handed a suspended prison sentence. Kathryn Lucas, 27, of Crossway, appeared before the Isle of Wight Magistrates...

An elderly driver who crushed a mum on the school run - and then failed to stop at the scene or report the incident - has kept her licence. 77-year-old Rosalyn Carter, of High Street in Wootton, pleaded guilty to...