48-year-old Lee Pitcher from Ryde pleaded guilty to using threatening, abusive or insulting words to cause harassment, alarm or distress at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court yesterday (Tuesday) following an incident back in February. Prosecuting, Ann Smout said that...

A man from Jersey who was found working in a Newport convenience store before being arrested by local Police has been handed 5-and-a-half years in prison after being found guilty of 8 sexual offences on his home Island. As exclusively...

A Sandown man who brandished a revolver BB gun during an incident on Sandown High Street in April has been handed a suspended prison sentence. 40-year-old Damien Lendecki, of York Road in Sandown, pleaded guilty to possession of an imitation...

A Ventnor man has been sent to prison for 34 weeks after he was found guilty of 11 offences including throwing orange juice at a security guard at St Mary's Hospital. David Walker, 34, currently of HMP Isle of Wight...

A Newport woman who was stopped in her vehicle by Police just a short distance from her home was found to be under the influence of cannabis at the time. Jennifer Clark, 46, of West Street in Newport, pleaded guilty...

A Somerset man who took a car from an address in Newport before crashing it on The Downs has pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicle taking. Daniel McCarthy, 22, of Priest Row in Wells, pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicle taking when...

Officers have been tackling youth-related anti-social behaviour and criminality in the West Wight area, and two teenagers have been dealt with through the courts this week as a result of police enquiries. A 14-year-old boy from Freshwater was handed a...

An Isle of Wight man who attempted to break into an East Cowes supermarket using a storm drain cover has admitted attempted burglary. Damon Wilkins, 24, now of Merridale Road in Southampton, pleaded guilty to attempt burglary other than dwelling...

A Whitwell man has been fined £576 for sending a barrage of offensive messages via Whatsapp and Snapchat to his ex-partner. Samuel Dyer, 30, of High Street in Whitwell appeared at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court last Friday (2nd...

A Sandown woman who was seen driving around Ryde in a brand new car whilst drunk - and almost hit a Southern Vectis bus in the process - has pleaded guilty to drink driving. Louise Barlow, 48, of Fitzroy Street,...