Courts
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.
PRISON SENTENCES FOR MEN WHO RACIALLY ABUSED AND THREATENED MAN IN NEWPORT
2 men who racially abused a man before threatening to stab him and burn his house down have been jailed. On 10th June this year, Police were called to St John's Road in Newport after 29-year-old Joshua Parker and 31-year-old...
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LATEST CASES AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT MAGISTRATES COURT (3RD OCTOBER – 7TH OCTOBER 2022)
Monday 3rd October – Friday 7th September 2022 • Christopher Claude Martin, 30, of St John's Road, Shanklin pleaded guilty to drink driving (62). He was banned from driving for 18 months, fined £500 and ordered to pay £85 costs...
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TAXI DRIVER REFUSED A NEW LICENCE BY THE ISLE OF WIGHT COUNCIL APPEALS DECISION
A Newport taxi driver who previously operated as Mustis Taxis is appealing the Isle of Wight Council’s decision to refuse him a hackney carriage licence. The authority refused the application of Mustafa Zengin to be able to drive a taxi...
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CHARITY BOSS CONVICTED AFTER ROW OVER PARKING TICKET LANDS HIM IN COURT
The chair of a local charity who came to loggerheads with a traffic warden over a parking ticket has been sentenced in the courts after pleading guilty to a public order offence. 62-year-old Garry Oates, who refers to himself as...
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MAN WANTED FOR SEXUAL OFFENCES IN JERSEY ARRESTED ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT
A man from Jersey who was found living and working on the Isle of Wight has been charged with a number of sexual offences and has been 'deported' back to the Channel Islands. 57-year-old Vincent Charles Roberts, who Island Echo...
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LATEST CASES AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT MAGISTRATES COURT (26TH SEPTEMBER – 30TH SEPTEMBER 2022)
Monday 26th September – Friday 30th September 2022 • Jonathan James Weaver, 38, of Sandown Road in Bembridge, admitted breaching the requirements of a community order. He was ordered to pay £60 costs and the order was varied and extended...
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22-YEAR-OLD HAS SUSPENDED SENTENCE ACTIVATED AFTER KICKING WOMAN BETWEEN HER LEGS
22-year-old Bailey Smith has been jailed for 14 months after kicking a woman in between the legs and breaching an indefinite restraining order - all whilst on a suspended prison sentence. It was on 23rd August this year that Smith,...
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LATEST CASES AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT MAGISTRATES COURT (19TH SEPTEMBER – 23RD SEPTEMBER 2022)
Monday 19th September – Friday 23rd September 2022 • Billy Brian Chilcott, 28, of Green Street in Ryde, pleaded guilty to failing to comply with the notification requirements of the sex offender register. He was fined £50 and ordered to...
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MAN WHO HIT HIS DOG IN ATTACK OUTSIDE MCDONALD’S PLEADS GUILTY
A man who was seen hitting his Border Collie outside McDonald's in Newport back in June has pleaded guilty to an animal cruelty offence. Huaqiu Chen, 25, of Edgware Road in Westminster pleaded guilty to 1 count of causing unnecessary...
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LATEST CASES AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT MAGISTRATES COURT (12TH SEPTEMBER – 16TH SEPTEMBER 2022)
Monday 12th September – Friday 16th September 2022 • Paul Richard Dockrell, 46, of Woodland Grove in Bembridge pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis. He was fined £240 and ordered to pay £85 costs with a £34 surcharge. • Peter...
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