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Find all the latest news from the courts, including the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court, Crown Court and Coroner's Court. Please note: A defendant’s name, age, address and details of the charge(s) and sentence are published in accordance with Criminal Procedure Rule 5.8, as agreed by HMCTS and the Society of Editors and approved by the Lord Chancellor. Names/details of convictions will not be removed on the basis of the convicted individual or their families requesting such action.
LATEST CASES AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT MAGISTRATES COURT (29TH JUNE– 3RD JULY 2026)
This is your weekly round-up of some of the latest court cases heard at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court.
Read moreDetailsMAN ADMITS RYDE ASSAULT THAT LEFT VICTIM WITH SKULL FRACTURE
EXCLUSIVE: 27-year-old Connor Cragg has admitted a violent assault that left another man with a skull fracture following a fight outside Coburg's in Ryde.
Read moreDetailsSEX OFFENDER WHO MOVED CHILD ABUSE IMAGES TO ‘SECRET FOLDER’ AVOIDS JAIL
EXCLUSIVE: Vella moved the zip file to a secret folder, the court heard.
Read moreDetailsFATHER AND SON SENTENCED AFTER DRINK-DRIVE CRASH ENDS IN POLICE ASSAULT
EXCLUSIVE: A father and son have been sentenced after a drink-drive crash in Ryde ended with a police officer being assaulted.
Read moreDetailsMAN AND WOMAN CHARGED OVER ALLEGED SEX ACT IN ISLE OF WIGHT GRAVEYARD
A man and a woman have been charged with a criminal offence after allegedly having sex in a graveyard in Newport.
Read moreDetailsPOLICE DOG TRACKS DOWN MAN HIDING IN UNDERGROWTH AFTER CEMETERY CHASE
41-year-old Carl Isham, who fled from Police and tried to evade capture by hiding in undergrowth after running through East Cowes Cemetery, has now been sentenced for assault and harassment offences. Isham, of St Edmunds Walk in Wootton, appeared before...
Read moreDetailsLATEST CASES AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT MAGISTRATES COURT (22ND – 26TH JUNE 2026)
Here is your much-anticipated weekly round-up of cases from the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court...
Read moreDetailsMAN ON ‘THIN ICE’ AFTER CANNABIS POSSESSION LANDS HIM IN COURT
Magistrates urged an Apse Heath man to "stay out of trouble" as they fined him for possessing cannabis. Daniel Sweet, 35, of Newport Road in Apse Heath, admitted a single count of possession of a controlled drug of class-B when...
Read moreDetailsSHOPLIFTER WHO STOLE FROM B&M TOLD TO STOP “TAKING THINGS WITHOUT PAYING”
A Newport woman who told magistrates she stole groceries because she had no money has been fined after admitting shoplifting from B&M.
Read moreDetailsDISQUALIFIED DRIVER WHO SWAPPED CAR SEATS TO AVOID DETECTION HANDED SUSPENDED SENTENCE
Austin failed to turn up for his trial and for his sentencing hearing...
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