LATEST CASES AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT MAGISTRATES COURT (20TH NOVEMBER – 24TH NOVEMBER)
Monday 20th November – Friday 24th November 2023 • Liam Cairns, 30, of Pineview Drive, Newport pleaded guilty to 2 charges of drug driving (cocaine and BZE). He was banned from driving for 12 months, fined £120 and ordered to pay...
Read moreDetailsMATLOCK FINED £80 FOR STEALING PROSECCO AND GIN FROM SUPERMARKETS
A Newchurch man with more than 50 criminal convictions to his name has been fined £80 after he admitted stealing alcohol from 2 supermarkets last month. Jamie Matlock, 42, of Hope Mead in Newchurch, pleaded guilty to 2x theft from...
Read moreDetails19-YEAR-OLD SANDOWN MAN ADMITS STEALING VW HATCHBACK IN RYDE
A teenager who stole a car on the Isle of Wight is due to be sentenced next month. Roobin Jones, aged 19, stole a Volkswagen Fox which was parked on Cothey Way in Ryde on 22nd September this year. Then,...
Read moreDetailsSUSPENDED SENTENCE FOR COWES WOMAN INVOLVED IN COMPLEX MONEY LAUNDERING OPERATION
A Cowes woman involved in a complex money laundering operation to the tune of £111,000, has been handed a suspended sentence. Back in March 2023, Rachel Stephanie Herd, 53, of Arctic Road in Cowes, admitted to concealing, converting, disguising, or...
Read moreDetailsGRANDAD TAKES BACK MOPED FROM OAKFIELD MAN CONVICTED OF DRUG DRIVING
A 25-year-old Oakfield man has been banned from the roads for 12 months - and has had his moped taken away by his grandad - after he admitted drug driving. Reece Harvey, 25, of Cross Street in Oakfield, pleaded guilty...
Read moreDetailsMAN WHO SAID HE’D PUT PETROL THROUGH EX’S LETTER BOX SENTENCED
A 29-year-old man from Newport who said to an ex-partner he'd 'put petrol through her letter box' has been handed a 24-month community order. Mark Barrett, 29, of Holyrood Street in Newport, pleaded guilty to harassment without violence when he...
Read moreDetailsDRUG DRIVER ON HOLIDAY WITH FAMILY GAVE DETAILS OF HIS BROTHER TO EVADE PUNISHMENT
A Kent man who attempted to get away with several motoring offences - including driving whilst disqualified - by giving Police his brother's name is due to be sentenced next month. Michael Blow, 24, of Knockhall Chase in Greenhithe pleaded...
Read moreDetailsJURY HEAR DETAILS OF ‘VICIOUS’ JOINT ATTACK THAT KILLED ASPIRING CRICKETER TOMMY BARTON
A jury has heard how the 84-year-old father of Brading man Tommy Barton drove his son to Ryde where he was then 'swiftly and brutally' attacked and killed. 28-year-old Cameron Baker and 28-year-old Rio Scott deny murdering Mr Barton at...
Read moreDetailsEAST COWES OAP HANDED 26-MONTH BAN AFTER DRIVING HOME DRUNK
An elderly East Cowes man has been handed a 26-month driving ban after pleading guilty to drink driving. Paul Sillence, 75, of Captains Parade in East Cowes, pleaded guilty to drink driving when he appeared at the Isle of Wight...
Read moreDetailsMURDER TRIAL AGAINST CAMERON BAKER AND RIO SCOTT TO BEGIN IN WINCHESTER
The trial against 2 Isle of Wight men accused of murdering Tommy Barton in May of this year is to begin at Winchester Crown Court this morning (Monday). 27-year-old Cameron Baker and 27-year-old Rio Scott each face a single charge...
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