Courts

39-year-old Warren Angus, who plunged a house into darkness before throwing a wooden box at a woman who was scared of the dark, enjoyed Christmas dinner behind bars this year. Angus, of Millward Place in Ryde, appeared at the Isle...

22-year-old Mazie Bailey has been handed a 20-week prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, after she hit a man with a glass bottle resulting in him having 7 stitches to his lip. Bailey, of Atkinson Drive in Newport, appeared at...

A Newport woman admitted having smoked cannabis before being stopped by Police as she drove through a residential estate in Newport, with a young child as her passenger. 49-year-old Abbey Grant, of Trattles Court, appeared before the Isle of Wight...

Monday 2nd December – Friday 13th December 2024 • James Willis, 39, of Lower Road, Adgestone pleaded guilty to drug driving (Methylenedioxymethamphetamine), drug driving (Cannabis), drug driving (Ketamine) and possession of a controlled drug of Class B (Ketamine). He was...

"He stole a piece of me that day and broke me physically and mentally" - those are the chilling words read aloud by a sexual assault victim who stood bravely before the man who inappropriately touched and photographed her, just...

There is a backlog of more than 100 open criminal cases at the Isle of Wight Crown Court, new Government figures have revealed. The latest Ministry of Justice (MOJ) dataset reveals that the Island court - located on Quay Street...

32-year-old Arran Wood, who became so threatening to a hotel receptionist that she had to lock herself in a room and press a panic button, has pleaded guilty to a number of offences including assaulting multiple Police officers. Wood, previously...

76-year-old Stuart Gaffon from Ryde has appeared in court charged with a number of child sex offences including buggery, indecent assault and possessing over 3,000 indecent images of children. Gaffon, of Somerset Road, appeared before Croydon Magistrates Court on 6th...

A convicted sex offender who 'gave in to temptation' by plugging a USB stick full of indecent child images into his laptop, is to be sentenced at the Isle of Wight Crown Court next year. Derek Bayton, 63, of Dodnor...

Shorwell man Timothy Cale has denied causing the death of a cyclist in a road traffic collision that took place in the rural village more than 2 years ago. It was on 5th June 2022 that 64-year-old Professor Simon McQueen-Mason – who...