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BRADING MAN PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO SLAPPING 14-YEAR-OLD GIRL ON THE BUM AT BUS STOP
A 56-year-old man from Brading has appeared in court accused of slapping a 14-year-old girl on the backside whilst she was waiting for a bus in Sandown. Allan Pearce, of High Street in Brading, appeared before Magistrates on Friday morning...
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PAEDOPHILE FINED AFTER BREACHING SEX OFFENDER REGISTER REQUIREMENTS FOR A SECOND TIME
Paedophile HGV driver Raymond Johnson, who was caught with a haul of indecent images, has been fined £461 after pleading guilty to his second breach of the notification requirements of the Sex Offenders Register. 73-year-old Johnson, now of High Street...
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DRUG DRIVER WHO WAS ‘HUGELY ABOVE THE LIMIT’ SLAPPED WITH 12-MONTH BAN
A drug driver who crashed into a tree on Racecourse Roundabout earlier this year, providing a Benzoylecgonine reading of almost 11x the limit, has been handed a 12-month driving ban and fined £550. Deverill Hudson, 48, of St John's Road...
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ISLE OF WIGHT MAN FIRST IN THE COUNTRY TO BE CONVICTED OF NEW DOMESTIC ABUSE OFFENCE
An Isle of Wight man has been convicted of the new offence of non-fatal strangulation, thought to be the first person in the country to be convicted of such offence. Non-fatal strangulation became an offence in its own right, separate...
Read moreDetailsLATEST CASES AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT MAGISTRATES COURT (13TH JUNE – 17TH JUNE 2022)
Monday 13th June – Friday 17th June 2022 • Claire Sprengel, 43, of Scarrots Lane in Newport, changed her plea to guilty for driving whilst unfit through drugs. She was handed a 6-month community order with 15 rehabilitation days, banned...
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‘I’M DEAD IF YOU TAKE IT’ – MAN CAUGHT WITH KNUCKLE DUSTER HANDED COMMUNITY ORDER
A man who admitted he carried a knuckleduster for protection and that he was 'dead' if it was taken from him has been handed a 12-month community order. Appearing at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court on Tuesday, Keelan Hobbs,...
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NEWPORT MAN SPRAYED BY POLICE TWICE AS HE RESISTED 5 OFFICERS
50-year-old Paul Bennett has been fined £80 by the courts after he resisted 5 Police officers during an early morning incident in Newport. As previously reported by Island Echo, Police were called to Fairmount Drive at 02:13 on 29th May...
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LATEST CASES AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT MAGISTRATES COURT (6TH JUNE – 10TH JUNE 2022)
Monday 6th June – Friday 10th June 2022 • Phillip Michael Spinks, 37, of Josephs Way in Shanklin, pleaded guilty to 2 charges of sending a threatening electronic communication. He was made subject to a 2-year community order with a...
Read moreDetails8 POINTS FOR SANDOWN DAD CAUGHT DRIVING WITHOUT A LICENCE OR INSURANCE
A Sandown man who was caught driving his luxury Audi without a licence or insurance had 2 children in the back of the car, the court has heard this week. Rajinda Kumar, 40, of Fort Mews in Sandown, previously pleaded...
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COURT TOLD 23-YEAR-OLD BROKE INTO GARAGE TO STEAL FAGS AS HE WAS ‘BORED’
A 23-year-old East Cowes man broke into a forecourt shop to steal cigarettes and a drink as he was 'bored', the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court heard today (Tuesday). Damon Wilkins, of Old Road in East Cowes, was walking past...
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