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54-YEAR-OLD RYDE DRIVER FINED AND DISQUALIFIED OVER WOOTTON INCIDENT
A Ryde man has been disqualified from driving for 6 months and ordered to pay more than £780 after admitting to a series of motoring offences in Wootton. Nicholas Richards, 54, of Elm Close in Oakfield, appeared before Southampton Magistrates'...
Read moreDetailsCAREWORKER ADMITS £4,200 FRAUD, THEFT AND COCAINE POSSESSION
A Newport woman has admitted fraud, theft and drug possession after appearing at Milton Keynes Magistrates' Court. Leanne Braund, 38, of Grove Close, pleaded guilty on Tuesday 22nd July to 3 separate charges relating to incidents that took place in...
Read moreDetailsDRIVING BAN FOR MOTORCYCLIST WHO RECEIVED £4,500 PAYOUT AFTER COLLISION
A 36-year-old motorcyclist has been banned from the roads for drug driving, but he was only caught by the Police after a car drove into him. Daniel James, of Hunnyhill in Newport, pleaded guilty to a single charge of drug...
Read moreDetailsMOTORCYCLIST INJURED IN BINSTEAD CRASH HANDED 40-MONTH BAN FOR DRUG DRIVING
A Ryde man who crashed his motorcycle in Binstead while over the drug drive limit has been handed a lengthy driving ban and a community order. Oakley Shaw-Lusted, 21, of St Georges Close, appeared before magistrates for sentencing earlier this...
Read moreDetailsLATEST CASES AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT MAGISTRATES COURT (14TH JULY – 25TH JULY)
Monday 14th July – Friday 25th July 2025 Garry Fry, 25, of Lake Green Road, Lake – drove a vehicle with a controlled drug over the limit – fined £80, costs £85, surcharge £32, and disqualified for 12 months. Steven...
Read moreDetailsDELIVERY DRIVER BANNED FOR 2 YEARS AFTER FAILING TO PROVIDE AFTER RYDE CRASH
An East Cowes man has been banned from driving for 2 years after failing to provide a specimen when suspected of an offence following a rush hour collision in Ryde. John Benjamin, 54, of Chinchen Close, appeared before Portsmouth Magistrates’...
Read moreDetailsDRUG DRIVER WITH 163 OFFENCES JAILED AFTER POLICE PURSUIT AND CRASH IN RYDE
34-year-old Andrew Hill, who led Police on a pursuit through the streets of Oakfield before crashing into a parked car and fleeing on foot, has been handed a prison sentence. Hill, of Slade Road in Ryde, pleaded guilty to drug...
Read moreDetailsSMOKING IN BED LIKELY LED TO BEMBRIDGE WOMAN’S ACCIDENTAL DEATH CORONER CONCLUDES
An inquest has concluded that the death of Gillian Cox, who was rescued from a flat fire in Bembridge in January 2022, was the result of an accident. The 56-year-old retired shopworker was pulled from her burning first-floor flat at...
Read moreDetails21-YEAR-OLD PLEADS GUILTY AFTER STRIKING PEDESTRIAN ON ILLEGAL E-BIKE IN RYDE
21-year-old Patrick Douglas, who crashed into a 17-year-old girl on his illegal electric motorcycle in Ryde High Street, has pleaded guilty to a number of offences - and has been warned he faces prison time. Douglas, of the upmarket Fishbourne...
Read moreDetailsGUILTY PLEAS AND YEAR LONG BAN FOR LAKE DRUG DRIVER
A Lake man who smoked cannabis to ease his back pain has been banned from the roads for a year after admitting drug driving. Garry Fry, 25, of Lake Green Road, admitted drug driving when he appeared at the Isle...
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