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RYDE MAN APPEARS IN COURT CHARGED WITH POSSESSING BESTIALITY IMAGES
A 61-year-old man from Ryde has appeared in court charged with possessing 29 extreme pornographic images showing sexual intercourse with animals, including dogs and horses. Richard Younie, of Sutton Close, has been charged with possessing extreme pornographic images portraying an...
Read moreDetailsCHARGES DROPPED IN VENTNOR GARAGE ARSON CASE AS NO EVIDENCE OFFERED
Charges against a woman accused of setting fire to a garage in Ventnor in February have been terminated as no evidence was offered by the prosecution. Lindsey Collins, 39, appeared at the Isle of Wight Crown Court on Thursday (29th...
Read moreDetails12-MONTH DISQUALIFICATION FOR DRUG DRIVER WHO CRASHED INTO PARKED CAR
30-year-old Regan Gandy has been disqualified from driving for 12 months after she crashed into a parked car whilst high on cannabis back in February of this year. Gandy, of Trafalgar Road in Newport, appeared before the Isle of Wight...
Read moreDetailsLATEST CASES AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT MAGISTRATES COURT (19TH JULY – 23RD JULY 2021)
Monday 19th July – Friday 23rd July 2021 • Sean Michael Gower, 30, of Newlyn Way, Port Solent was fined £2,000 and ordered to pay £3,953 costs for breaking the Cowes Harbour speed limit putting the Red Funnel ferry in...
Read moreDetailsOAKFIELD MAN FINED £40 AFTER TORRENT OF ABUSE TO POLICE
A man who became abusive to Police for no apparent reason, shouting 'f**king d**kheads' and 'f**king c**ts' to an officer, was fined £40 by Magistrates this week. Ashley White, 24, of Slade Road in Ryde, pleaded guilty to using threatening/abusive...
Read moreDetailsISLE OF WIGHT PARAMEDIC CAUGHT WITH INDECENT IMAGES OF CHILDREN SPARED JAIL
Disgraced Isle of Wight paramedic Andrew Martindale has been given a community order after pleading guilty to possession of indecent images of children. The 59-year-old, of Fairlee Road in Newport, first appeared in the Magistrates Court in September last year...
Read moreDetails26-MONTH BAN FOR GRADUATE WHO FELL OFF E-SCOOTER WHILST DRUNK
A civil engineering graduate who fell off an e-Scooter whilst 3x the drink-drive limit has been disqualified from driving for 26-months. 23-year-old Jared Lloyd, of Windmill Close in Ryde, appeared before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court this morning (Tuesday)...
Read moreDetails22 MONTH DRIVING BAN FOR RYDE WOMAN WHO ROLLED TWINGO INTO FIELD
22-year-old Grace Downer from Ryde has been banned from driving for 22 months after rolling her car into a field whilst more than 2.5x the drink-drive limit. Emergency services were called to Ashey Road on 13th March this year when...
Read moreDetailsPORT SOLENT MAN MUST PAY OVER £6000 AFTER NEAR MISS WITH RED FUNNEL FERRY IN COWES
A man has been fined after pleading guilty to 2 offences following a joint investigation carried out by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s Regulatory Compliance Investigations Team and Hampshire Constabulary today (Thursday). Sean Gower, 40, of Newlyn Way, Port Solent,...
Read moreDetailsLATEST CASES AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT MAGISTRATES COURT (12TH JULY – 16TH JULY 2021)
Monday 12th July – Friday 16th July 2021 • Andrew Mark Barnes, 46, of Sandcove Rise in Seaview pleaded guilty to criminal damage to the value of £100. He was made subject to a community order with a drug rehabilitation requirement....
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