Courts

24-year-old Bailey Smith, who pushed over a moped and damaged several flowerpots in a Ventnor garden, has been handed an £80 fine. Smith, of no fixed abode, appeared at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court today (Friday) charged with 2x...

An East Cowes man has pleaded not guilty to breaching a restraining order against an Isle of Wight Councillor. Appearing at the Isle of Wight Crown Court on Thursday this week, Simon Wheeler was charged with acting in breach of...

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...

A driver who injured his 3 passengers after rolling his Jaguar near Wootton, in an incident which could have led to a fatality, has been handed a suspended prison sentence and banned from driving for 36 months. Perry Powell, 29,...

A man who exposed himself to 2 women on the Cowes - Newport Cycle track back in the summer, sexually assaulting one of them, has been handed a suspended prison sentence. Laurence Marsden, 24, of Bernard Road in Cowes, appeared...

A teenager has pleaded guilty to burgling a residential garage in Newport and breaching a child abduction warning. Roobin Jones, aged 19, broke into the garage – which was attached to a house in Chatfield Lodge – in the early...

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...

Prolific thief Warren Russell has once again been ordered to pay compensation after he admitted stealing various items including washing powder and a milkshake from shops in Ryde and Newport. Appearing before Magistrates on Friday 1st December, Russell, 40, of...

A former Isle of Wight youth football coach has been handed a suspended prison sentence and forced to register as a sex offender after being convicted of possessing indecent images of children. Reece Simon Anderson, 23, of Vectis Road in...

A jury has heard how the 84-year-old father of Brading man Tommy Barton drove his son to Ryde where he was then 'swiftly and brutally' attacked and killed. 28-year-old Cameron Baker and 28-year-old Rio Scott deny murdering Mr Barton at...