Courts

Coroner Caroline Sumeray The long wait bereaved families are facing for an inquest to be heard on the Isle of Wight has been criticised by a concerned councillor. Councillor Clare Mosdell raised the ‘significant service issues’ in the Coroner’s Office...

Monday 22nd November – Friday 26th November 2021 • Michael Davis, 47, of Atherley Road in Shanklin, was found guilty of drug driving. He was given a 12-month driving disqualification, fined £120 and ordered to pay £620 costs with a...

Monday 15th November – Friday 19th November 2021 • Peter Thomas Mellanby-Smith, 38, of Arthur Street in Ryde, pleaded guilty to assault by beating and 2 charges of criminal damage. He was made subject to an 18-month community order with...

Failure to comply with a community order imposed by the courts has landed a Newport man with a 6-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months. 40-year-old Paul Symonds, of Lower St James' Street in Newport, appeared before the Isle of...

23-year-old Lachen Downs will spend Christmas behind bars and will appear at the Crown Court in January accused of a racially motivated hate crime in Ryde earlier this month. Police received a report that on the evening of 10th November...

A mum-of-3 who has battled with drug addiction for years claimed she couldn't remember anything about the incident when she appeared in court accused of theft from a shop. 38-year-old Rachel Hewitt, of Angelica Grove in Newport, appeared before Magistrates...

41-year-old Thabini Madosa has been banned from the roads for 18 months after being caught behind the wheel whilst twice the drink-drive limit. Madosa, a chartered accountant from Hawthorn Meadows in East Cowes, was stopped by Police during the early...

A Ryde man who was trying to fight 'The Joker' during a night out on the town ended up attempting to bite a Police officer and prompted another to deploy their PAVA spray, a court has heard. Astin Tyas, 31,...

41-year-old Emma Stafford has been fined by Magistrates after hitting a woman around the face with a glass bottle. Earlier this year Police issued an appeal for information after a woman sustained facial injuries in an attack outside the Co-Op...

43-year-old Michael Bunce and 37-year-old Rachael Dixcey have appeared in court charged with stealing a bag of meat from Asda supermarket in Newport. Dixcey, of Manor Cresent in Newport, pleaded guilty to the theft when she appeared before the Isle...