Courts

A 19-year-old woman from Chale has been convicted of drug driving after she was stopped by Police simply because they noticed her ageing Citroen was missing a rear light.  Daisy Wylds, of The Terrace in Chale, pleaded guilty to 1...

Monday 31st October – Friday 4th November 2022 • Matthew Beale, 44, of Princes Way, Shanklin pleaded guilty to drug driving (cannabis) and possession of a Class B drug (cannabis). He was banned from driving for 16 months, fined £250...

A man who yelled lewd comments towards women during Cowes Week, attracting the attention of security and later Police, has pleaded guilty to 2 charges including digging his fingernails into a Police officer's hand, causing 2 cuts. 57-year-old Karl Stay-Sothcott,...

A pensioner has been handed an interim driving disqualification after pleading guilty to failing to provide - but insists he was not drink driving. 75-year-old Colin Thomson, of Colwell Road in Freshwater, appeared before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court...

Alleged driveway fraudster Simon Regan will now stand trial in January - 4 months later than originally planned. As previously reported by Island Echo, 56-year-old Regan, of Barrows Green in Crewe, Stoke-on-Trent, is alleged to have carried on the business...

A man who was sacked by a Shanklin hotel for continuously turning up to work drunk has been found guilty of using threatening words/behaviour towards the establishment's manager. Scott Francis, 40, of Howard House in Newport pleaded guilty to 1...

A man caught driving 6 months into a year-long driving ban was also found to be under the influence of cocaine behind the wheel. Nicky Dickinson, 38, care of Solent Gardens in Freshwater, pleaded guilty to driving whilst disqualified, driving...

A 35-year-old man from Newport has pleaded guilty to drink driving for the 3rd time in just 8 years. James Johnson, 35, of Landscape Lane in Newport, pleaded guilty to drink driving when he appeared in front of the Isle...

A man from Freshwater who swung his dog around by its lead in front of shocked locals has admitted causing suffering to a protected animal. Gary Sparkes, 52, of Sunset Close in Freshwater pleaded guilty to 1 count of causing...

A 22-year-old Ryde man who committed a spate of offences including burglary and criminal damage, simply because he was bored, has been handed a 6-month prison sentence. Josef Wilkins, of Pelhurst Road, appeared at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court...