Courts

A 62-year-old Newport woman who set fire to a stranger's car in Freshwater, with the blaze then spreading to a neighbouring property, is to be sentenced next year. Susan Lupton, of Dairy Crest Drive in Newport - more commonly known...

A 23-year-old woman from Ryde who crashed into a parked car whilst more than twice the drink drive limit has been banned from the roads for 17 months. Ella Furnell, 23, of Adelaide Place in Ryde admitted drink driving when...

Monday 4th November – Friday 8th November 2024 • Kristian Venn, 44, of Benett Street, Ryde pleaded guilty to drug driving (cocaine), drug driving (BZE), drug driving (cannabis). He was handed a 12-month driving ban and made subject to a 18-month...

East Cowes man Jason Holbrook, who was caught masturbating in his van just metres from a primary school in Newport, is to be sentenced next year. Holbrook, 50, of St James' Close, admitted a single count of committing an act...

20-year-old Samuel Huckle has admitted several counts of possessing, making and distributing indecent child images. Huckle, of St Faiths Road in Cowes admitted a single count of posses a prohibited image of a child, 2x distributing an indecent photograph/pseudo-photo of a...

18-year-old Owen Chambers - who has admitted causing serious injury to a child during a road traffic collision on the outskirts of Whitwell back in February - has been warned that he is likely to receive a custodial sentence when...

21-year-old Maddy Allen-Willsher has been handed a Criminal Behaviour Order for her persistent drunken and aggressive behaviour, and shoplifting, in and around Newport. Allen-Willsher, appeared at Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court on 24th October this year where the CBO was handed to...

PC James Martin, a dog handler with Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary, has denied an offence of misconduct in a public office and will stand trial next year. James Martin, 35, from Shanklin, appeared before Winchester Crown Court on...

A Ventnor man who committed shoplifting offence just 8 days after being handed a suspended sentence order, is to be sentenced next month. Benjamin Gothard-Smith, 42, of Mitchell Avenue in Ventnor, admitted 3x theft from a shop when he appeared...

A woman who shared 4 bottles of wine whilst out with a friend at a local restaurant, before then driving home, has been handed a 17-month driving ban.  Vanessa Richardson, 68, of New Road in Brading, admitted drink driving when...