Courts

A rapist who slashed the throat of a paedophile whilst they were both locked up behind bars at HMP Isle of Wight has been handed a life sentence. 32-year-old Jack McRae, from Southampton, threw a jug of boiling water over...

A self-confessed 'scumbag' who has over 100 theft and kindred offences on his criminal record has been ordered to pay compensation to the Co-op. Paul Smart, 38, of Orchardleigh Road in Shanklin, admitted a single count of theft from a...

27-year-old Leon Gladdis, a notorious local criminal who fled the scene of the serious hit-and-run crash in Ryde earlier this year, has been handed another prison sentence. Gladdis, now of HMP Guys Marsh, appeared before Magistrates via video link today...

A former assistant church organist and youth club worker has been jailed for sexually abusing a child on the Isle of Wight. Police received a report on 23rd May 2022 from a man reporting that David Tickner had abused him...

Monday 11th November – Friday 15th November 2024 • Billie-joe Malston, 24, of Lea Road, Sandown pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled drug of Class B - Cannabis / Cannabis Resin. They were fined £80 and ordered to pay...

Prolific thief Daniel Kilshaw is set to spend Christmas behind bars after an off-duty police officer caught him stealing in TK Maxx in Newport. Kilshaw, 43, of Cornwall Road in Ventnor, entered the store on Wednesday (20th November) and helped...

Former school governor Stuart Nuttall, who has denied committing numerous child sex offences, will stand trial next year. The 53-year-old, of Stonelands Park in Binstead, appeared before Magistrates on 18th October charged with a total of 12 offences dating between...

A Shanklin man who initially denied sexually assaulting a female before then changing his plea at the 11th hour has been handed a 12-month community order. Earlier this year, Anthony Ayres, 56, of Atherley Road in Shanklin, denied a single...

A pair of Isle of Wight men who stole 3 Slush Puppie drinks machines from a parked van are to be sentenced in the New Year. 18-year-old Harrison Mills-Jones, of Queens Court in East Cowes and 30-year-old Lewis Stansfield, of...

35-year-old Liam Estridge - more commonly known as Liam Smith - has admitted multiple drugs supply offences and is to be sentenced in the New Year. Estridge, previously of Harts Lane in Rookley but currently of HMP Winchester, appeared at...