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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.
MAN ‘OBSESSED’ WITH BABESTATION PERFORMER HANDED INTERIM STALKING ORDER
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...
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FELIX HETHERINGTON HANDED 4-YEAR SENTENCE ON HIS BIRTHDAY AFTER LEAVING MAN WITH BLEED ON THE BRAIN
28-year-old Felix Hetherington has been handed a 4-year prison sentence - 2 of which will be served behind bars - for a vicious attack that left a man with a bleed on the brain. Hetherington, of St Edmund's Walk in...
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14-YEAR-OLD BOY CONVICTED OVER ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR IN FRESHWATER
A 14-year-old arrested and charged with offences relating to anti-social behaviour in the West Wight has been handed an 8-month Referral Order by the courts. It comes just weeks after a public meeting was held to discuss the severe anti-social...
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LATEST CASES AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT MAGISTRATES COURT (13TH FEBRUARY – 17TH FEBRUARY 2023)
Monday 13th February – Friday 17h February 2023 • Arun Ajayan, 32, of Pyle Street, Newport pleaded guilty to drink driving (82). He was banned from driving for 20 months, fined £258 and ordered to pay £85 costs with a...
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9-MONTH BAN FOR MG DRIVER WHO FLED SCENE OF CRASH IN BEMBRIDGE
37-year-old Thomas Cornell has been banned from driving for 9 months after crashing his car in Bembridge and leaving it in a dangerous position. It was just before 06:00 on the morning of 14th December last year that Police received...
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SEXUAL PREDATOR TURNED DRUG DEALER SENTENCED TO 8 YEARS BEHIND BARS
35-year-old Joshua Pelling, a highly predatory paedophile turned drug dealer from Sandown, has been sentenced to 8 years in prison for over 20 sexual offences and possession of Class B drugs with intent to supply. Pelling, previously of Avenue Road,...
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JERSEY MAN WHO FLED TO THE ISLE OF WIGHT CONVICTED OF PROHIBITED ACTS WITH MENTALLY ILL PATIENTS
57-year-old Vincent Charles Roberts, who was found by Police working in a Newport corner shop whilst hiding out on the Isle of Wight, has been found guilty of 8 counts of committing a prohibited act with someone suffering from a...
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JURY EXPECTED TO DECIDE ON VERDICT AS PITCHER TRIAL ENTERS 2ND WEEK
The trial of Daryll Pitcher, an Isle of Wight councillor charged with historic child sex abuse, begins its 2nd week today (Monday). Judge, Recorder Richard Onslow, will continue summing up the case today when it is also expected the jury...
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SUSPENDED SENTENCE FOR BEMBRIDGE MAN WHO STABBED WOMAN MULTIPLE TIMES
55-year-old Dean Dalley from Bembridge has been handed a suspended prison sentence after being convicted of a shocking attack in which he stabbed a woman multiple times, keeping her inside his flat for days on end. Dalley, formerly of Crossway, was...
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“THE ALLEGATIONS PUT AGAINST ME ARE UNTRUE” – PITCHER TAKES TO THE STAND IN RAPE TRIAL
Isle of Wight councillor Daryll Pitcher has taken the stand to defend himself against allegations of historic child sex abuse. Councillor Pitcher is charged with 2 counts of rape between June 1990 and March 1992 and 1 of indecent assault...
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