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...

A Sandown man with an 'appalling criminal record' has been fined £80 after he admitted stealing alcohol from a local petrol station. Paul Smart, 37, of Fort Street, pleaded guilty to theft from a shop when he appeared at the...

A Shanklin man who was upset after losing his bus pass went on to damage nearly £500 worth of fire safety equipment. Terence Perkins, 38, of Orchardleigh Road in Shanklin, pleaded guilty to criminal damage to property under £5,000 when...

A 42-year-old woman accused of careless driving has appeared in court after a crash involving a car and a motorbike back in November. Lauren Beaumont, of St John's Road in Sandown, appeared before magistrates on Tuesday morning charged with causing...

A man who walked out of Morrison's with a bag of stolen goods yesterday (Monday) before being intercepted by a security guard who clawed back the items has been sent to prison for 6 weeks.  Daniel Drake, 40, of Holyrood...

A known Islander is to appear before Magistrates in the New Year charged with theft from a shop. Daniel Kilshaw, 42, now of Sunset Close in Freshwater, was charged with theft from a shop after stealing £286 worth of clothing...