A Ryde man who stole a user manual from a car before breaking the back gate of a commercial property in the town centre has been fined £80. Kevin Greenwood, 43, of West Street in Ryde, pleaded guilty to criminal...

A man wanted for alleged drug offences in Poland has been located living on the Isle of Wight almost 3 years after a European warrant was issued for his arrest. 32-year-old Krzysztof Mieczyslaw Pruszynski was apprehended by Hampshire & Isle...

Monday 20th February – Friday 24th February 2023 • Jamie Matlock, 41, of Langbridge, Newchurch pleaded guilty to 20 counts of theft from a shop. He was handed a 12-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months. He was also made subject...

A Torquay man has appeared in court accused of raping a child in Ryde when he was just 10 years old himself. 28-year-old David Holder, of Warren Road in Torquay, appeared before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court yesterday (Tuesday)...

A Shanklin man who was found sat in his car on Brading Down with a knife in the footwell and an imitation firearm in the glove box has been handed a 12-month community order by the courts. 43-year-old Andrew Gatcum,...

A man who assaulted his then-girlfriend before then trying to get her to change her statement so he wouldn’t go to prison has been handed a 12-week custodial sentence. 30-year-old Danny Hanna, now of Sea Road in Bournemouth, pleaded guilty...

A long-serving prisoner at HMP Isle of Wight has appeared in court accused of starting a fire in his cell. Sean Moore, 32, appeared at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court on Friday charged with arson. The court heard that...

24-year-old Megan Durham has escaped a prison sentence despite stabbing a woman in the head with a chisel 4 times during an attack in Shanklin. Durham, of Waterhouse Lane in Southampton but formerly of Osborne Road, Shanklin, left her 41-year-old victim...

A Lithuanian man who tried to rob an NHS worker in the car park of St Mary’s Hospital has avoided a prison sentence. Nerijus Suminskas, 47, of no fixed abode, appeared before a judge for sentencing - with the assistance...

A Binstead man who is accused of being obsessed with a Babestation performer has been made subject to an interim Stalking Protection Order banning him from contacting the TV cam girl. Steven Robert Tuckey, 42, of Dame Anthony's Close, is...