Courts

A Bembridge man found in possession of Class A and B drugs and 4 bladed articles has been handed a suspended prison sentence. Brendan Frampton, of Embankment Road in Bembridge, appeared at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court on Friday...

Another of the Island's prolific criminals, Timothy Young, has avoid prison but has been fined £120 after admitting stealing more than £60 worth of groceries from The Little Cow Shed in Havenstreet last month. Young, 56, of Spring Gardens in...

Prolific thief Daniel Kilshaw has admitted further offences of shoplifting just weeks after being released from prison. Kilshaw, of High Street in Ventnor, is once again facing time behind bars after pleading guilty to 2 charges of theft from a...

Monday 4th March – Friday 8th March 2024 • Lynsey Lee, 39, of Creek Gardens, Wootton Bridge pleaded guilty to drink driving (71) and driving without insurance. She was banned from driving for 18 months, fined £120 and ordered to...

25-year-old Jack Taylor, who shouted homophobic abuse at a kebab house worker and said that he would 'cut her up like kebab meat', has been handed an 18-month community order by Magistrates. Taylor, of Captains Parade in East Cowes, was...

A Newport mother who was caught driving at almost 4-and-a-half times the limit - said to be one of the highest readings the court has seen - has narrowly avoided an immediate custodial sentence. Beata Mazurek, 41, of Rooke Street...

A corrupt cruise worker transported more than £2million worth of cocaine on his boat and then lowered it overboard to accomplices, all whilst the boat was moored in waters off the coast of the Isle of Wight. Serbian Milos Bigovic,...

47-year-old Shawn Cooke, who took to the wheel of his Transit van whilst drunk to avoid a parking ticket, has been banned from driving for 23 months after smashing into several parked cars and fleeing the scene. As first reported...

44-year-old Kevin Greenwood, who burgled a church during a Christmas carol concert and later went on to use bank cards that had been stolen during a football match in Shanklin, has been handed a 16-week suspended prison sentence. Greenwood appeared...

This is your weekly round-up of some of the latest court cases heard at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court. The defendant’s name, age, address and details of the charge(s) and sentence are published in accordance with Criminal Procedure Rule...