28-year-old Cameron Baker has been found guilty of murdering Tommy Barton by stabbing him through the heart after throwing boiling hot water over him. It was during the early hours of Sunday 28th May this year that 30-year-old Thomas Barton...

Prolific thief Warren Russell has once again been ordered to pay compensation after he admitted stealing various items including washing powder and a milkshake from shops in Ryde and Newport. Appearing before Magistrates on Friday 1st December, Russell, 40, of...

A former Isle of Wight youth football coach has been handed a suspended prison sentence and forced to register as a sex offender after being convicted of possessing indecent images of children. Reece Simon Anderson, 23, of Vectis Road in...

A Wroxall man who stole 2 bottles of Jack Daniels from Tesco Express in Ventnor has been ordered to pay compensation of £53. Finley Mulholland, 25, of West Street in Wroxall, pleaded guilty to theft from a shop when he...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...