An 88-year-old charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving, following an incident in Shanklin back in 2022, has died before appearing in court. John Mather, from Hertfordshire, was the driver of a Lexus which, on 18th November 2022, ploughed...

A prolific shoplifter has been handed a 3-year Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) by Magistrates. Russell, 40 and of no fixed abode, has convictions for numerous theft and shoplifting incidents which have persistently hurt the local community and businesses on the...

A Freshwater man who said he had drugs in possession because he used them to medicate his ADHD and autism has been fined £120. Norton Downer, 46, of Madeira Lane in Freshwater, appeared at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court...

A Bembridge man found in possession of Class A and B drugs and 4 bladed articles has been handed a suspended prison sentence. Brendan Frampton, of Embankment Road in Bembridge, appeared at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court on Friday...

Another of the Island's prolific criminals, Timothy Young, has avoid prison but has been fined £120 after admitting stealing more than £60 worth of groceries from The Little Cow Shed in Havenstreet last month. Young, 56, of Spring Gardens in...

A 28-year-old man has been jailed for 15 years for coercive controlling behaviour and raping a 25-year-old woman at an address in Gosport. Connor Richard Barnes, of no fixed abode but previously of Fort Mews in Sandown, appeared at Portsmouth...

25-year-old Jack Taylor, who shouted homophobic abuse at a kebab house worker and said that he would 'cut her up like kebab meat', has been handed an 18-month community order by Magistrates. Taylor, of Captains Parade in East Cowes, was...

A Newport mother who was caught driving at almost 4-and-a-half times the limit - said to be one of the highest readings the court has seen - has narrowly avoided an immediate custodial sentence. Beata Mazurek, 41, of Rooke Street...

47-year-old Shawn Cooke, who took to the wheel of his Transit van whilst drunk to avoid a parking ticket, has been banned from driving for 23 months after smashing into several parked cars and fleeing the scene. As first reported...

44-year-old Kevin Greenwood, who burgled a church during a Christmas carol concert and later went on to use bank cards that had been stolen during a football match in Shanklin, has been handed a 16-week suspended prison sentence. Greenwood appeared...