DRIVER FLEES AFTER CAR HITS SIGN AND SPINS IN VENTNOR
11th July 2026
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...
Read moreDetailsThe family of a Ryde man who died more than 6 years ago has finally heard the outcome of his inquest at the Isle of Wight Coroner's Court in Newport today (Monday), after not 1 but 2 NHS investigations found...
Read moreDetailsMonday 21st August – Friday 25th August 2023 • Dylan Tuckey, 23, of Hinton Road, Newport pleaded guilty to assault by beating. He was made subject to a 12-month community order with 20 rehabilitation days and 80 hours of unpaid...
Read moreDetailsA Shanklin man has been fined £80 after Police found a small quantity of cannabis in his home just months after a drugs conviction. Joshua Mitchell, 32, of Palmerston Road in Shanklin, pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance...
Read moreDetailsA Freshwater man who sent an explicit video to the new partner of an ex-girlfriend has been warned he could be heading to prison. Andrew Blair, 43, of Sunset Close in Freshwater, pleaded guilty to sending a letter/communication/article conveying a...
Read moreDetailsA builder who drove into a road sign as he negotiated a left turn in Newport Town Centre was under the influence of alcohol at the time. Terry Dixon, 38, of Church Path in East Cowes, appeared at the Isle...
Read moreDetailsA 19-year-old drink driver was caught by Police as he went to pick up a Domino's pizza for him and his girlfriend, a court has heard. Bradley Simmonds, of Jeals Lane in Sandown, pleaded guilty to drink driving when he...
Read moreDetailsA 34-year-old man has been convicted of raping a woman who told him multiple times she did not want to have sex with him. Louis Fletcher, formerly of Cheltenham Road in Paulsgrove and Abbeydore Road in Portsmouth, assaulted the woman...
Read moreDetails25-year-old Calvin Aggar has admitted 3 counts of making an indecent photograph of a child. Aggar, now of Francis Avenue in Southsea but previously of Copse Lane, Freshwater, pleaded guilty to 3 counts of making indecent photograph/pseudo-photograph of a child...
Read moreDetailsAn Isle of Wight man who left a traffic warden with permanent nerve damage and a loss of feeling in his teeth after an attack outside a Newport school has been warned he faces possible prison time. 30-year-old Joseph Burgess,...
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