Courts

Monday 28th November – Friday 2nd December 2022 • Andrew Christopher Taylor, 42, of no fixed abode, admitted breaching a conditional discharge. He was resentenced for the original offence - theft from a shop - by means of a £60...

A Newport man who drove home drunk after consuming 8 pints whilst watching England v Iran in the football World Cup at the pub has been handed a driving ban. Benjamin Burnett, 21, of The Finches in Gunville, pleaded guilty...

A convicted rapist, jailed for raping a 76-year-old woman back in 2019, has once again been sentenced for an exposure offence.  Glenroy Barnes, 34, of HMP Isle of Wight, pleaded guilty to exposure under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 when...

The trial of a man who has twice denied breaching a restraining order against an Isle of Wight Councillor has been pushed back for a 2nd time. 56-year-old Simon Wheeler was due to stand trial at the Isle of Wight...

A man who carried out what was described in court as a criminal damage 'rampage', causing over £2,000 of damage to 12 cars in Sandown, has pleaded guilty.  Harry Turnbull, 30, and currently of HMP Winchester, appeared before Magistrates on...

A Yarmouth man who drove to work whilst disqualified and without the correct insurance because he didn't want to let his employer down has been given a further 3-month disqualification. Harry Blazeby, 25, of Bouldnor Mead in Yarmouth, pleaded guilty...

49-year-old Gareth Maydew, who was found to be in possession of multiple indecent images of children, including that of a child as young as 1, has avoided jail time. Maydew, of Garfield Road in Ryde, pleaded guilty to 1 count...

A Niton man who was 3x the drink drive limit when he crashed his van in Whitwell back in November has been handed a 28-month driving ban. Gareth Chilcott, 35, of Newport Road in Niton, pleaded guilty to drink driving...

Scott Cooper The case against Piers Brazier, who is accused of the murder of Scott Cooper in Ryde earlier this year, is to go to trial at the Isle of Wight Crown Court this week.  Brazier is accused of murdering...

51-year-old Lee Insley, who was caught masturbating whilst sitting in his van on a busy road in Sandown during the Summer, has been fined £166. As first reported by Island Echo, a video circulated on social media showed a male...