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 5.8, as agreed by HMCTS and the Society of Editors and approved by the Lord Chancellor. Not all cases heard will appear on this round-up due to legal restrictions.
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• Paris Fleet, 28, of Lavender Way, Newport – admitted assaulting a Sainsbury’s security guard by beating him and stealing 2 bottles of Disaronno and a Maybelline make-up stick, worth a total of £64, from the supermarket on 5th March. Fleet was fined £200 and ordered to pay £50 compensation and £85 costs.
• Sean Buckland, 33, of St Pauls Crescent, Shanklin – admitted using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour towards a man at St Mary’s Hospital, assaulting a hospital security guard who was working as an emergency worker, damaging a police van by repeatedly spitting inside its cage and damaging a window at the Dorset Hotel in Ryde. Buckland was given a community order running until 11th August 2027, with up to 25 days of rehabilitation activity. He was also ordered to pay £200 compensation for the assault on the emergency worker, £50 compensation for the damage to the police van and £50 compensation for the damage at the Dorset Hotel.
• Aimee Horwood, 42, of Springvale Road, Seaview – admitted drink-driving and failing to stop following a road accident in Oak Vale, Ryde, on 25th April. She was found to have 68 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. Horwood was given a community order running until 10th August 2027, including up to 15 days of rehabilitation activity, fined £120 and ordered to pay a £114 surcharge and £85 costs. She was disqualified from driving for 18 months, which can be reduced by 18 weeks upon successful completion of a driving course. Her driving record was also endorsed in relation to the failure to stop.
• Lewis Sadler, 28, of The Pitts, Ventnor – admitted damaging a marble fireplace, damaging a mobile phone, assaulting a woman and possessing cannabis in September 2025. Sadler was given a community order running until 9th February 2028, including 6 months of mental health treatment, up to 35 days of rehabilitation activity and 150 hours of unpaid work. He was ordered to pay £2,800 compensation, a £114 surcharge and £85 costs, and the cannabis was ordered to be forfeited and destroyed. A restraining order was also imposed until 9th August 2028, prohibiting contact with Charlotte O’Neill and attendance at an address in Royal Crescent, Sandown.
• Joe Endler, 25, of Kent Avenue, East Cowes – admitted drug-driving on Lushington Hill, Newport, on 28th March after the level of cannabis in his blood exceeded the specified limit. He was fined £120, ordered to pay a £48 surcharge and £85 costs, and disqualified from driving for 16 months.
• Leigh Canning, 41, of St Michaels Avenue, Ryde – admitted stealing a throw, boxer shorts, socks and hats worth £52.95 from TK Maxx on 29th November 2025. Canning was fined £133 and ordered to pay £52.95 compensation, a £53 surcharge and £85 costs.
• Asa Gough, 28, of Lower Furlongs, Brading – admitted harassing a woman by making repeated and unwanted online contact between 2nd and 14th August 2025. Gough was given a community order running until 13th February 2028, including up to 35 days of rehabilitation activity and 150 hours of unpaid work. He was ordered to pay a £114 surcharge and £100 costs. A restraining order prohibiting contact with the victim was imposed until 13th August 2028.
• Manuel Nunes, 46, of Fellows Road, Cowes – admitted drug-driving in Fellows Road on 27th March after the level of cannabis in his blood exceeded the specified limit. He was fined £120, ordered to pay a £48 surcharge and £85 costs, and disqualified from driving for 12 months.
• Malcolm Brocks, 67, of Esplanade, Ryde – admitted driving a Suzuki on St Johns Road, Newport, without insurance or a valid MOT on 23rd November 2025. He was fined £120, ordered to pay a £48 surcharge and disqualified from driving for 6 months after being given 6 notional penalty points.
• Ben Williams, 33, of Dame Anthonys Close, Ryde – admitted drink-driving on Somerset Road, Ryde, on 4th July. He was found to have 78 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. Williams was fined £811 and ordered to pay a £324 surcharge and £85 costs. He was disqualified from driving for 20 months, which can be reduced by 20 weeks upon successful completion of a driving course.
• Lorraine Stanley, 57, of Ranelagh Road, Lake – was found guilty of damaging a vehicle, causing £35 worth of damage, on 19th May 2025. Stanley was fined £60 and ordered to pay £35 compensation and £300 costs.
