Courts

Monday 27th January – Friday 7th February 2024 • Jonathon Diffey, 45, of Green Lane, Shanklin pleaded guilty to using a handheld mobile phone / device while driving a motor vehicle on a road. He was handed a 6 penalty points...

A 21-year-old uni student from Nettlestone was caught drug driving when Police spotted his motorcycle had a broken rear light. Thomas Hirst, of Nettlestone Green, appeared before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court on Friday (7th February) charged with 1...

There was drama at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court when a rapist, described as 'the most dangerous prisoner in HMP Long Lartin', appeared in the dock - for just 30 seconds. The individual, appearing before magistrates accused of a...

A drunk driver who took to the wheel whilst banned has narrowly avoided going to prison, as a Judge has deemed it 'unjust' to activate a suspended sentence order. 34-year-old Gregg Wicks, of Upton Road in Ryde, appeared before the...

A 29-year-old heavy goods driver crashed his personal car in the village of St Helens after consuming 4 pints of alcohol, a court has heard. Matthew Rowbotham, of Buttercup Glade, appeared before the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court on Friday...

Isle of Wight paedophile Samuel Huckle, who downloaded and distributed indecent images of children as young as 3 months old because he was 'bored' during lockdown, has been handed a suspended prison sentence. The 20-year-old, of St Faiths Road in...

A Newport man who was caught drug driving on a moped has been banned from the roads for 12 months. Benjamin Norris, 20, of Albany Road in Newport, admitted drive motor vehicle with a proportion of specified drug above the...

A Newport man who was stopped by Police just a day after he had taken some cocaine at a friend's birthday party has been banned from the roads for 12 months. Darren Stride, 48, of Flint Path, admitted in charge...

Newport man Steven 'Lord' Redhead spent a morning in Magistrates Court detention earlier this week in order to clear an outstanding court debt of nearly £700. 50-year-old Redhead, of Horsebridge Hill, appeared before the courts on Tuesday for a fines...

A Southampton man who turned up at a property in Ryde wearing a balaclava and armed with a baseball bat has been jailed for 6-and-a-half years. 22-year-old Charles Toby Simmonds, of Swaythling Road in Southampton, appeared at Winchester Crown Court for...