25-year-old convicted sex offender Ian Willett is back behind bars on remand after breaching the requirements of the sex offenders register - again. Willett, of Nelson Road in Newport, was arrested by plain-clothed officers in the Gunville area on Friday...

The trial against an Isle of Wight teenager accused of planning an Islamic State-inspired terror attack is to get underway in London today (Monday). The local teen – who is currently legally protected from being identified – was rumbled thanks...

A Freshwater man who refused to provide a specimen of breath to officers at Newport Police Station, saying he 'didn't understand what he was being asked to do', has seen his case adjourned at the courts. Benjamin Mercer, 34, of...

A Freshwater man who was stopped by Police for having a bald tyre was also found to be drug driving at the time a court has heard. Mitchell Dent, 23, of Dall Square in Freshwater, pleaded guilty to drug driving...

Monday 1st January – Friday 5th January 2024 • Daniel Drake, 40, of Holyrood Street, Newport pleaded guilty to 2x theft from a shop and common assault. He was handed a 6-week prison sentence. • Paul Smart, 37, of Fort...

A disqualified driver from Ryde who pleaded with officers not to arrest him, after he was seen at the wheel of his partner's Renault Clio, has been handed a 6-month driving ban. Jack Tregoning, 30, of Alexandra Road in Ryde,...

A former Isle of Wight man now living in Germany has been sentenced to 5 years in prison for his part in an elaborate cryptocurrency scam. Frank Robert Ricketts, 71, was handed a 5-year prison sentence at The Münster Regional...

36-year-old Joe Collins has been handed an 18-month prison sentence, suspended for 20 months, for the rape of a boy over 20 years ago. The well-known Newport barber, of Atherley Road in Shanklin, denied the offence but was found guilty...

Little more than a month after being released from prison, prolific local thief Daniel Kilshaw is to spend the next 8 weeks behind bars. Kilshaw, 42, of Howard House on Barton Road in Newport, admitted 2x theft from a shop...

A man who told a woman that he would 'curse her' after she didn't let him back into her home has appeared in court. Martin D'Arcy, 54, of Fort Street in Sandown pleaded guilty to using threatening, abusive or insulting...