This is your round-up of some of the latest court cases heard at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court.
Monday 28th September – Friday 2nd October 2020
• Steven Leigh Vanner, 35, of Carisbrooke Road in Newport, was found guilty of failing to provide a breath sample for analysis having been suspected of drink driving. He was disqualified from driving for 30 months, ordered to complete 260 hours of unpaid work and told to pay costs of £620. He must also pay a surcharge of £95. Vanner pleaded not guilty in June 2020.
• Kevin Lawrence Gallagher, 58, of Newport Street in Ryde, pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly. He was given a 3 month conditional discharge and ordered to pay costs of £30 with a £22 surcharge.
• Chad Cooper, 20, of Bellevue Road in Cowes, admitted drug driving. He was disqualified from driving for 12 months, fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 costs with a £32 surcharge.
• Kenneth Andrew Cast, 31 of Albert Street in Newport was given a 26 week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, for stealing morphine sulphate belonging to a patient he was caring for. He was ordered to pay costs of £85 with a £128 surcharge.
• Jodie Oakley, 31, of Spring Walk in Newport was also given a 26 week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, for receiving stolen goods – namely morphine sulphate from Kenneth Cast. She was also ordered to pay costs of £85 with a £128 surcharge.
• Bradley Kyle Sparshot, 29, of Furrlongs in Newport, pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine and indicated a guilty plea to possession of MDMA. He was ordered to pay costs of £85 and the cocaine was forfeited and destroyed. Magistrates deemed that time already spent in custody sufficed as punishment.
• Scott Edward Cooper, 31, of Kite Hill Farm caravan park in Wootton, admitted assisting arrest and possession of cannabis. He was fined £160 and ordered to pay costs of £55 with a £34 surcharge.
• David Patrick Marsh, 30, of Heathfield Road in Freshwater, pleaded guilty to driving whilst disqualified and driving without insurance. He was further disqualified for a period of 33 months and made subject to a 2 month electronic tag. He was also ordered to pay £85 costs with a £95 surcharge.
• Lara White, 26, of New Street in Newport, was made subject to an electronic tag curfew for 3 months for 2 charges of assaulting an emergency worker (2 Police constables) and causing harassment/alarm/distress. White was ordered to pay £150 in compensation.
• Daniel Paul Mullett, 33, of St Michael’s Avenue, Ryde, pleaded guilty to drink driving (65 – breath). He was disqualified from driving for 16 months, fined £369 and ordered to pay £85 costs with a £37 surcharge.
• Nathan Howe, 27, of Prescott Road, Sunderland, pleaded guilty to drink driving (98 – breath). He was disqualified for 24 months, fined £923 and ordered to pay costs of £85 and a surcharge of £92.
• Kai Wacker, 50, of Brookside Crescent in Wroxall, admitted drink driving (48 – breath). He was disqualified from driving for 14 months, fined £230 and ordered to pay £85 court costs with a £34 surcharge.
• Guy Chritopher Taylor, 30, of Lowertherville Road in Ventnor, pleaded guilty assault by beating x2 and criminal damage. He was fined £50 and made subject to 25 rehabilitation days. He was also ordered to pay £40 costs with a £95 surcharge.
• Christopher Derek Allen, 48, of Dodnor Lane in Newport, pleaded guilty to causing harassment/alarm/distress. He was fined £80 and ordered to pay £40 costs with a £34 surcharge.
• Keith Harrison, 52, of Avenue Road in Sandown, pleaded guilty to criminal damage. He was given a 12 month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £85 costs with a £22 surcharge.
• Daniel John Buckley, 29, of Shrubbery Close in Kidderminster, was disqualified from driving for 15 months and fined £120 for drink driving (53 – breath). He was ordered to pay £85 costs with a £34 surcharge. A suspended sentence was not activated but Buckley must comply for a period of 21 months.
• Paul James Hendra, 62, of Dramans Mews in Chale, admitted drink driving (166 – blood). Hendra was disqualified from driving for 20 months, fined £276 and ordered to pay £85 costs with a £34 surcharge.
• Jesse Green, 24, of Newport Road in Freshwater, was fined £640 for assaulting an emergency worker (Police constable). He was ordered to pay £250 compensation, costs of £85 a surcharge of £64.
• Scott Edward Cooper, 31, of Kite Hill Farm caravan park in Wootton, admitted assisting arrest and possession of cannabis. Admitted ASSISTING arrest ????, LOL
Typo LOL
kite hill caravan park – should just ponder that for a moment – hardly rented it out for a holiday has he – clearly living there.
and to think they want to have a new caravan lodge at riverside paddock – dodnor – pah.
None of these people who used violence were sent to prison like they should have been. We all know that there are no where near enough prison places available, a situation that has been getting worse for years and years and to stop this become a crisis sentences have continually been reduced. We all know that there is no money to build new prisons. The solution is add an additional financial charge to all offenders for a Prison Building Programme.of £100 each.
Splendid idea, I’ve always thought that malefactors should contribute to the costs of their apprehension and conviction. Why should I have to pay for their misdeeds?
Is it me or is drink driving getting worse.
nah -plods detection rates are better, now that there are more people willing to call them if they see someone getting in car drunk
Much worse, 20 MTH ban for 166 Hendra, that’s 4 and a half times the limit. Joke…he wouldn’t have known where he was, let alone knowing if he had hit someone…
The 166 reading was from blood for which the limit is 80… so just over twice the limit. Doesn’t make it any better however…
The limit for blood/alcohol is 80,so he was just over twice the limit.
Yes and they are just those who are caught,how many more are driving around drunk/drugged. If there was a proper punishment they wouldn’t do it but as always softly softly on the criminal and sod the victim they are bound to run over in time
What I would like to know is, why are the drink drivers sentenced differently, surely drink driving should all carry the same sentences and not be so varied,
When the pubs were closed there were very few drink driving offences……..