An Isle of Wight man who was found to have just over 100g of cannabis in his possession, after Police searched his Newport home, has been fined £184. Luke Rowland, 24, of West View, pleaded guilty to possession of a...

A Ventnor woman who stole a bottle of Jack Daniels from the town's Tesco store has been ordered to pay £15 compensation. Stephanie Smith, 27, of Albert Street in Ventnor, pleaded guilty to theft from a shop when she appeared...

A Brading man who was growing a single cannabis plant in his home has been fined £80. John Costello, 57, of West Street in Brading pleaded guilty to producing a controlled drug of Class B (cannabis). Prosecutor Lauren Stone told...

A Ryde man who was found at the wheel of a vehicle that had crashed into a Police car just minutes earlier has seen his driving licence endorsed with 8 points, despite saying he wasn't the driver who caused the...

24-year-old Bailey Smith, who pushed over a moped and damaged several flowerpots in a Ventnor garden, has been handed an £80 fine. Smith, of no fixed abode, appeared at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court today (Friday) charged with 2x...

This is your weekly round-up of some of the latest court cases heard at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court. The defendant’s name, age, address and details of the charge(s) and sentence are published in accordance with Criminal Procedure Rule...

Cameron Baker has been sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum term of 21 years, for the brutal murder of Brading man Tommy Barton. It was during the early hours of 28th May this year that 28-year-old Baker armed...

A driver who injured his 3 passengers after rolling his Jaguar near Wootton, in an incident which could have led to a fatality, has been handed a suspended prison sentence and banned from driving for 36 months. Perry Powell, 29,...

A man who exposed himself to 2 women on the Cowes - Newport Cycle track back in the summer, sexually assaulting one of them, has been handed a suspended prison sentence. Laurence Marsden, 24, of Bernard Road in Cowes, appeared...

A teenager has pleaded guilty to burgling a residential garage in Newport and breaching a child abduction warning. Roobin Jones, aged 19, broke into the garage – which was attached to a house in Chatfield Lodge – in the early...