LATEST CASES AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT MAGISTRATES COURT (14TH JULY – 25TH JULY)

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.

This article is published from official information issued by HM Courts and Tribunal Service and is covered by qualified privilege. Please note: names/details of convictions will not be removed from this article on the basis of the convicted individual or their families requesting such action.

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Monday 14th July – Friday 25th July 2025

• Garry Fry, 25, of Lake Green Road, Lake – drove a vehicle with a controlled drug over the limit – fined £80, costs £85, surcharge £32, and disqualified for 12 months.

• Steven Cox, 41, of Bellevue Road, Cowes – drove a vehicle with a controlled drug over the limit – fined £700, costs £85, surcharge £280, and disqualified for 12 months.

• Peter Mellanby-Smith, 41, of Whitcombe Road, Newport – drove a vehicle when alcohol level was above the limit – community order (100 hours unpaid work), costs £85, and disqualified for 3 years.
  – drove a vehicle with a controlled drug over the limit – community order (100 hours unpaid work) and disqualified for 48 months.

• Connor Cragg, 27, of Priors Walk, St Johns Road, Ryde – common assault – fined £1,038, costs £85, surcharge £415, and given a restraining order until 21 July 2026. Criminal damage to property – compensation £100.

• Rajinder Kumar, 43, of Spring Gardens, Farborough – shop theft – fined £90 and ordered to pay £22 compensation.

• Matthew Lewendon, 54, of Barton Road, Newport – possession of cannabis – fined £80 and ordered forfeiture and destruction of the drug.
  – shop theft – ordered to pay £106 compensation.

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• Kerry Martin, 49, of Riboleau Street, Ryde – drove a vehicle with a controlled drug over the limit – fined £120, surcharge £48, and disqualified for 36 months.

• Reece Sullivan, 33 – obstructing a constable – compensation £100. Failing to provide a Class A drug test sample – fined £120, surcharge £48. (drunk and disorderly – no separate penalty).

• Kenneth Young, 28, of George Street, Ryde – drove a vehicle with a controlled drug over the limit – fined £400, costs £85, surcharge £160, and disqualified for 16 months.

• Khyle Cook, 33, of Brook Road, Shanklin – failing to provide a specimen for analysis – fined £623, costs £300, surcharge £249, and disqualified for 14 months (with a 14-week reduction if course completed).

• Khalid Parker, 18, of Lower Furlongs, Brading – possession of cannabis – fined £41, costs £85, and ordered forfeiture and destruction of the drug.

• Martin Challis, 72, of Allotment Road, Niton, Ventnor – assaulting an emergency worker – community order with 10 days rehabilitation, fined £120.
  – possession of an offensive weapon in a public place – community order with 10 days rehabilitation, costs £85, surcharge £114.

• Andrew Fraser-Woodbridge, 67, of Chandler Close, Newport – failing to comply with sex offender register notification requirements – fined £121, costs £85, surcharge £48.

• Tomas Vicas, 43, of Osborne Road, East Cowes – using threatening or abusive behaviour – conditional discharge for 6 months.

• Simon Thompson, 42, of Northcliff Gardens, Shanklin – stalking without fear, alarm or distress – community order with 15 days rehabilitation, fined £253, costs £85, surcharge £114, and given a restraining order until 24 July 2028.

• Wayne Brayford, 41, of Leed Street, Sandown admitted breaching the requirements of a community order. He was fined £400 and ordered to pay £60 costs.

• Bailey Smith, 25, of Lowtherville Road, Ventnor – multiple thefts from shops, criminal damage, racially aggravated harassment, and assaults – sentenced to a community order until July 2027 with 12 months of alcohol treatment, 30 rehabilitation days, and ordered to pay various compensation amounts. Also fined £80 for racially aggravated harassment.

• Alana Mcloughlin, 23, of Station Gardens, Brading – speeding at 51mph in a 30mph zone – fined £430, ordered to pay £85 costs and £172 surcharge, and disqualified from driving for 7 days.

• Mark Trott, 32, of Roxton Road, Bedford – possession of cannabis – received a 3-month conditional discharge, ordered to pay £85 costs, £26 surcharge, and cannabis was forfeited and destroyed.

• Adrian Mcgee, 60, of no fixed abode – in charge of a motor vehicle over the alcohol limit – fined £233, ordered to pay £85 costs, £93 surcharge, and given 10 penalty points.

• Jamie Lee, 34, of no fixed abode – theft of laundry products – fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 costs.

• Winston Sutherland, 57, of Park Cross Terrace, Brighton – failing to provide a specimen for analysis – found guilty; case involved an arrest warrant and interim disqualification (no final sentence recorded).

• Christopher Hayles, 36, of Solent Court, Freshwater – possession of an offensive weapon (half a pool cue) – fined £350, ordered to pay £85 costs, £140 surcharge, and the weapon was forfeited and destroyed.

• Steven Wood, 47, of no fixed abode – multiple burglaries and thefts from vehicles – sentenced to 6 months’ immediate imprisonment (concurrent) for all offences.

• Jensen Veal, 24, of Stickworth Hall, Horringford – drug driving, no insurance, and no MOT – fined £500, ordered to pay £85 costs, £200 surcharge, and disqualified for 3 years.

• Allan Pearce, 59, of Sandham House, Sandown – burglary and multiple shop thefts – sentenced to a community order until April 2026 with 6 months alcohol treatment, 6 rehabilitation days, and ordered to pay compensation.

• Oakley Shaw-Lusted, 21, of St Georges Close, Ryde – drug driving – given a community order until July 2026 with 100 hours unpaid work, 10 rehabilitation days, disqualified for 40 months, and ordered to pay £85 costs and £114 surcharge.

• Matthew Sutherland, 40, of Victoria Street, Sandown – burglary, theft, driving without insurance/licence, and theft-related offences – sentenced to a 12-month suspended prison sentence, ordered to pay £846 compensation for one burglary and £190 for theft, and received 6 penalty points for driving without insurance.

• Wayne Collins, 55, of Atherley Road, Shanklin – stalking – sentenced to a community order until January 2027 with 200 hours unpaid work, 15 rehabilitation days, ordered to pay £85 costs and £114 surcharge, and made subject to a restraining order.