Courts

79-year-old John Rust has appeared in court accused of raping a young girl under the age of 13. The pensioner, of George Street in Ryde, appeared before Magistrates in Newport this morning (Friday) charged with 2 offences. Mr Rust is...

A burglar who stole more than £4,000 worth of perfume and aftershave from a shop on the Isle of Wight has been jailed for more than 2 years. John Duckworth broke into Regent Beauty Shop in Shanklin in the early...

39-year-old Jamie Mobley has admitted a string of driving offences following a crash in Ventnor on Friday, which left a scene of destruction. Mobley, of no fixed abode, appeared at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court this week and admitted...

45-year-old John Duckworth will appear before Magistrates tomorrow (Tuesday) charged with burglary. Mr Duckworth, of no fixed adobe, is alleged to have stolen more than £4,000 worth of perfume from Regent Beauty Shop, Shanklin on Friday (8th November). Police investigating...

An Isle of Wight drug dealer who ‘boasted’ about profiting thousands of pounds by selling cocaine has been jailed for 8 years this week. Matthew Read, of West Hill Road in Ryde, was arrested by officers back on 6th October...

A mother and daughter have been jailed for a series of thefts from vulnerable victims on the Isle of Wight. Dionne Clarke, 54, and her daughter Cherelle Clarke, 26, of Lowtherville Road in Ventnor, pleaded guilty to a total of 13...

41-year-old Matthew Parker, a former first officer at Red Funnel, has been handed down a suspended sentence by Southampton Crown Court after trying to meet a '13-year-old boy' after grooming him through the internet. Parker, from Andover, previously pleaded guilty...

24-year-old Samuel Corney of Ashey Road, Ryde has been banned from driving for 20 months after crashing into Racecourse Roundabout last month. As previously reported by Island Echo, a Citroen Saxo ended up in a damaged state in the middle...

Victim Gerry White, who was found in woodland on 27th May 2019 60-year-old Jonathan Christopher Stasiuk from Sandown, who is accused of murdering a former Isle of Wight Councillor, has appeared before the Crown Court today (Thursday). Stasiuk, of Pier...

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has confirmed that they have discontinued the charge of causing serious injury by dangerous driving against 31-year-old Ben Entwistle following a road traffic collision on Briddlesford Road in June. As previously reported by Island Echo,...