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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.
MAN WHO SLAPPED HIS OWN MOTHER AND THREATENED TO KILL HER GIVEN COMMUNITY ORDER
A local man who pinned his own mother down on her bed, slapped her and threatened to kill her has been handed a community order for a total of 9 offences, including criminal damage, theft, assault and exposure. Anthony Serjent,...
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NEWPORT MAN WHO BECAME ABUSIVE TOWARDS BUS DRIVER FINED FOR BEING DRUNK AND DISORDERLY
22-year-old Curtis Jenkins has been fined £116 after becoming abusive towards a bus driver when he was refused travel. Jenkins pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly in a public place when he appeared before Magistrates on Friday. Liz Miller,...
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UNI STUDENT WHO DROVE TO MCDONALD’S WHILST DRUNK BANNED FROM DRIVING
A 19-year-old man from Ryde who drove to McDonald's at 04:00 in the morning whilst more than twice the drink-drive limit has been banned from the roads for 2 years. Benjamin Wheeler, of High Park Road in Ryde, appeared before...
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DRUNK TEEN WHO FELL FROM E-SCOOTER ON SHANKLIN ESPLANADE HANDED DRIVING BAN
A teenager from London, who was on the Isle of Wight with friends celebrating A-Level results, has been banned from driving before obtaining his full licence after being caught on an e-Scooter whilst drunk. 18-year-old Jasper Firth of Cambridge Grove...
Read moreDetailsLATEST CASES AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT MAGISTRATES COURT (30TH AUGUST – 3RD SEPTEMBER 2021)
Monday 30th August – Friday 3rd September 2021 • Yan Rowan Peters, 40, of High Street in Ryde was found guilty of drug driving in Winchester in February 2019. He was disqualified from driving for 20 months, fined £525 and...
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SELF-SCAN FAIL RESULTS IN COURT APPEARENCE FOR DRUNK NEWPORT MAN
A man who was so drunk he failed to pay for his shopping on the self-scan tills at Morrisons has ended up in court after he returned to the store and became aggressive towards staff. 64-year-old Anthony Potter, of Trafalgar...
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6 POINTS FOR NO INSURANCE LEADS TO DRIVING DISQUALIFICATION FOR FATHER-OF-2
Despite the hardship it will put on him and his family a Ryde man has been banned from driving for 6 months after accumulating a total of 12 points on his licence. 33-year-old Samuel Martyn Williams, of Great Preston Road...
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ISLE OF WIGHT MAN JAILED FOR 18 WEEKS FOLLOWING RYDE PUB FIGHT
A former Shanklin man has been jailed for 18 weeks just days after a fight that broke out at a pub in Ryde. Police received a report of an altercation that took place at around 00:15 on Saturday morning (4th...
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LATEST CASES AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT MAGISTRATES COURT (23RD AUGUST – 27TH AUGUST 2021)
Monday 23rd August – Friday 27th August 2021 • Keelan Hobbs, 21, of no fixed abode, was handed a 2-year community order for sending malicious communications, causing harassment, alarm or distress and criminal damage. He was also made subject to...
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MAN WHO DROVE FROM SHORWELL TO CARISBROOKE WHILST TWICE THE DRINK DRIVE LIMIT BANNED
A man whose girlfriend reported him to the Police for drink driving has been disqualified for 21 months and fined £120. 57-year-old Jonathan Nash, of Westcourt Close in Shorwell, blew 79 when he was caught by Police behind the wheel...
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