This is your weekly round-up of some of the latest court cases heard at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court.
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Monday 11th August – Friday 15th August 2025
- Kiefer Jones, 31, of Slade Road, Ryde – drug driving – fined £120, ordered to pay £85 costs, disqualified from driving for 12 months.
- Joshua Langley, 29, of St Saviours Road, Totland Bay – drug driving and using a vehicle without insurance – fined £207, ordered to pay £85 costs, disqualified for 12 months.
- Samuel Taylor, 27, of Hogan Road, Newport – breach of a non-molestation order – fined £80, ordered to pay £85 costs and £114 surcharge, community order including 5 days rehabilitation activity.
- Jimmy Ashby, 32, of Ashey Road, Ryde – drink driving, using a vehicle without insurance, and criminal damage – fined £120, ordered to pay £85 costs and £90 compensation, disqualified for 40 months.
- Joseph Melody, 27, of Shooters Hill, Cowes – drug driving, using a vehicle without insurance, and no MOT – fined £415, ordered to pay £85 costs and £166 surcharge, disqualified for 12 months.
- Caila Whittaker, 23, of Great Preston Road, Ryde – drug driving – fined £250, ordered to pay £85 costs and £100 surcharge, disqualified for 12 months.
- Christopher Goldthorpe, 51, of Bluebird Place, East Cowes – drug driving – fined £120, ordered to pay £85 costs and £48 surcharge, disqualified for 12 months.
- Tyler Cairns, 30, of Pine View, Newport – threatening behaviour and shop theft – community order including exclusion from M&S Newport, 20 days rehabilitation activity, 100 hours unpaid work, and £200 compensation.
- Joseph Irving, 34, of New Road, Sandown – two counts of criminal damage – fined £80 in total, ordered to pay £85 costs and £32 surcharge.
- Corben Rawlings, 27, of Bank House, Freshwater – failing to provide a specimen – fined £200, ordered to pay £85 costs and £80 surcharge, disqualified for 17 months.
- Sam Hart, 39, of Church Road, Shanklin – careless driving, driving whilst disqualified, failing to stop, and driving without insurance – jailed for 18 weeks, disqualified for 41 months 20 days, plus an additional 14-month disqualification for careless driving.
- Billy Chilcott, 31, of Green Street, Ryde – shop theft – fined £120, ordered to pay £85 costs and £100 compensation.
- Sean Bristow, 34, of Union Street, Ryde – criminal damage – ordered to pay £300 compensation and £85 costs.
Of the 13 numpties listed, majority of the crimes are
driving related, mainly due to drugs.
I would like to see more traffic police on the island.
To help pay for the extra police required, islandwide parking
permit charges could be rolled out.
We need to keep our roads / streets safe.
one of those people is me I had just come from a funeral and didn’t realise refusing a specimen meant being banned. obviously given the situation i was extremely distressed and not on drugs. I have now learnt that the police care more about rules then people in bad situations, I have had a clean driving license since I was 18 without a mark on it, you should probably take into consideration you seen the outcome to a court case and not the entire story you “numpty”.
To be fair you’re a muppet not providing a specimen if you weren’t drug or drink driving. I suspect you knew you were way over the limit. Shame you weren’t banned for longer you fool
I had just buried my cousin and driven from Coventry to the Island so if I was that drunk I don’t think I would have made it. I didn’t understand the situation as I have never been in trouble for driving offences before, judging by your name you are an absolute sausage buddy and have nothing better to do than jump on island echo and pass judgment on situations you know nothing about have a good day and hopefully you find something better to do with your life then this you sad little human.
While I do read your posts and sometimes agree with your comments, please,please use another expression instead of Numpties every time, it’s driving me crazy.
All but one under 40. Interesting that.
So, no old older drivers over 70, it’s the younger ones that need putting through a test.
But then, why bother to take a test?
I’d be interested to know how many of these drug criminals are actually from the island
All of them, I expect. We’ve got plenty of our own home grown specimens.
I agree with you, born and bred island numpties.
You don’t drink & drive end of ? What don’t people understand about this ??? Excuses excuses again & again it’s sickening!