Courts

A Welsh sex offender who head-butted a prison officer who was escorting him back to his cell has been told to pay the emergency worker £300 compensation. Ethan Owen, 30, of HMP Parc in Bridgend, admitted assault by beating of...

A Newport man who failed to stop at a red light and crashed into an Audi SUV as a result has been slapped with 6 points on his licence by Magistrates. 31-year-old Leon Phillips, of Dairy Crest Drive in Newport,...

37-year-old Dean Clack has denied injuring a 1-year-old child during an incident at a residential address in Newport last year. Mr Clack, of Avenue Road in Freshwater, appeared at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court today (Tuesday) charged with causing...

A drug driver from Ryde who mounted a pavement and collided with a pedestrian had a child in the car at the time of the offence, a court has heard. Robyn Russell, 29, of Slade Road in Oakfield, admitted drug...

A Lincolnshire man who was convicted in his absence after he didn't turn up to his Magistrates Court trial is to be sentenced in November. Matthew Godefroid, 38, of Sleaford in Lincolnshire, appeared before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court...

A Shanklin man who used a 'For Sale' board to damage a shop front, because he was angry that his landlord was selling-up, has been handed a conditional discharge. Daniel Tredinnick, 48, of Western Road, admitted causing criminal damage to...

Monday 16th September – Friday 20th September 2024 • Oscar Whittington, 20, of Fellows Road, Cowes pleaded guilty to drug driving (Cannabis). He was banned from driving for 12 months, fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £48...

24-year-old Chad Cooper, who was caught with almost 8x the legal limit of Benzoylecgonine in his system whilst driving a woman and child around, has been handed a 3-year driving ban. Cooper, of Bellevue Road in Cowes, pleaded guilty to...

A local paedophile has been fined £200 after yet again failing to register his details with Police. Paul Wright, 56, of Pyle Street in Newport, appeared before Magistrates earlier this week (17th September) charged with failing to comply with notification...

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...