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.
• Daniel Dickons, 39, of Avenue Road, Sandown – stole 4 bottles of wine worth £33.50 from Morrisons in Newport – fined £40 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £16 surcharge.
• Bradley Elliot, 18, of Ashey Road, Ryde – assaulted two men by beating them – given a 6-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay a £26 surcharge (no costs were ordered).
• Drew Whittaker, 23, of Newport Road, Cowes – stole alcohol and soft drinks worth £66.80 from Morrisons in Newport – fined £40 and ordered to pay £85 costs and £66.80 compensation.
• Kelvin Parker, 34, of Cowes Road, East Cowes – used threatening/abusive behaviour intending to cause fear of violence, assaulted a woman by beating her, caused criminal damage at Mary Rose Avenue, and used violence to secure entry to premises there – given a 12-week prison sentence suspended for 15 months and ordered to pay £85 costs; he must complete 12 months of alcohol treatment and a 25-day programme, and a restraining order until 23/02/2028.
• Benjamin Gothard-Smith, 43, of Avenue Road, Freshwater – shoplifted clothing worth £259.93 from TK Maxx, a bottle of rum worth £24.50 from Morrisons, 7 DVDs worth £104.93 from Asda, and a Ralph Lauren hat worth £24 from TK Maxx (all in Newport) – made subject to a community order until 26/02/2027 including a 12-month drug rehabilitation requirement (with reviews), up to 10 days of rehabilitation activity, and electronic monitoring.
• Ewan Mattick, 20, of Albany View, Newport – assaulted a woman by beating her in Ryde – made subject to a community order until 26/02/2028 with 200 hours of unpaid work (to be completed within 12 months) and up to 35 days of rehabilitation activity, and ordered to pay £85 costs.
• Ashley Lineker, 30, of Windmill Close, Ryde – drink-drove on Brading Road, Ryde (breath reading 100 microgrammes/100ml) – made subject to a community order until 26/02/2027 with up to 10 days of rehabilitation activity, disqualified for 25 months and fined £332 with £85 costs and a £114 surcharge.
• Michael Gray, 38, of Duver Road, Seaview – drug-drove at Newchurch (cannabis/THC over the limit) and also possessed cannabis/cannabis resin – disqualified from driving for 36 months and fined £250 with £85 costs and a £100 surcharge, and the cannabis/cannabis resin was ordered to be forfeited and destroyed.
• Zaki Bennet-Symonds, 32, of Henley Drive, Sutton Coldfield – assaulted a man causing actual bodily harm (found guilty), assaulted a woman by beating her (found guilty), damaged a mobile phone, stalked the same woman, and intimidated her as a witness – given a 36-week prison sentence suspended for 18 months and ordered to pay £1,000 compensation, plus £50 compensation for the assault on the woman and £400 compensation for the damaged phone. He was also given further suspended prison sentences of 4 weeks (stalking) and 16 weeks (witness intimidation) suspended for 18 months, with alcohol abstinence monitoring for 60 days, a 26-day programme and up to 10 days of rehabilitation activity, and restraining orders until 26/02/2029.
• Robin Chapman, 43, of Wellesley Way, Newport – assaulted a woman by beating her – given a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £26 surcharge.
• Lewis Ross, 24, of Parkway, Ryde – assaulted a man by beating him in Ryde – fined £162 and ordered to pay £400 costs.
• Courtney Jordan, 24, of Sunset Close, Freshwater – possessed cannabis in Ryde – given a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £26 surcharge, and the cannabis and equipment were ordered to be forfeited and destroyed.
• Alex Cooper, 27, of Oaklyn Gardens, Shanklin – stole groceries worth £38.40 from Tesco in Sandown – ordered to pay £38.40 compensation and £85 costs.
• Arslan Khan, 33, of HMP Isle of Wight – possessed a mobile phone in HMP Isle of Wight – sentenced to 8 months’ imprisonment (consecutive to an existing sentence) and ordered to pay a £187 surcharge (no costs were ordered).
• Rupert Webb, 38, of Pentre Coch, Ruthin – possessed cannabis in East Cowes – fined £230 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £92 surcharge, and the cannabis was ordered to be forfeited and destroyed.
• Benjamin Entwistle, 38, of Westlake Avenue, Lake – was in charge of a vehicle with cannabis/THC over the limit in Portsmouth – fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 costs, and was endorsed with 10 penalty points.
• Bailey Smith, 26, of no fixed address – used threatening/abusive behaviour causing harassment/alarm/distress, assaulted a police officer, obstructed/resisted a person assisting a police officer, assaulted a man by beating him, caused criminal damage, and committed a racially aggravated public order offence – given an 18-week prison sentence suspended for 12 months (with other short custodial terms also suspended and ordered to run concurrently), fined £80, ordered to pay £85 costs and £100 compensation, and made subject to a restraining order until 18/02/2027.
• Toni Balmer, 38, of Parsonage Road, Sandown – committed multiple frauds by claiming she needed money for a critically ill husband (which was untrue) to obtain money from several people in Sandown – made subject to a community order until 19/02/2027 with up to 10 days of rehabilitation activity, and ordered to pay £340 compensation.
• Connor Barett, 26, of Landguard Road, Shanklin – used violence to secure entry to premises, committed shop theft, caused criminal damage (including to a vehicle and a police van), assaulted several people (including police officers and an emergency worker), and resisted a police officer – made subject to a community order until 19/02/2028 with 90 days alcohol abstinence monitoring and up to 30 days of rehabilitation activity, and ordered to pay £400 compensation.
• Rachel Hewitt, 42, of Fort Street, Sandown – helped others remain on, and separately enter, premises in Angelica Grove, Newport in breach of a closure order – made subject to a community order until 16/08/2027 with up to 20 days of rehabilitation activity, and fined £50.
• Xhoardo Cevani, 19, of Vauxhall Terrace, Gloucester – possessed cocaine and cannabis in Portsmouth – fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £48 surcharge, with the drugs forfeited and destroyed.
• Nathan Bennett, 32, of White Park, Moreleigh, Totnes – assaulted multiple emergency workers by beating them, damaged property, and drink-drove (breath reading 72 microgrammes/100ml) – made subject to a community order until 19/08/2027 with 90 days alcohol abstinence monitoring and up to 15 days of rehabilitation activity, disqualified from driving for 18 months and ordered to pay £140 compensation.
• Darran Askew, 42, of Brickfield Mews, Woodbine Close, Newport – damaged a car wing mirror – fined £100 and ordered to pay £85 costs, a £40 surcharge, and £39.95 compensation.
• Paul Smart, 39, of Fort Street, Sandown – committed multiple shop thefts from Tesco Express and the Co-Op in Sandown (total value £69.21) – made subject to a community order until 16/08/2026, banned from the Co-Op, High Street, Sandown for 6 months, and ordered to pay £69.21 compensation.
• Stephen Clayton, 55, of Chedworth Crescent, Paulsgrove – used threatening/abusive behaviour causing harassment/alarm/distress, aggravated by comments about the victim’s transgender status – made subject to a community order until 16/02/2027 with 80 hours unpaid work, and ordered to pay £100 compensation, £400 costs, and a £114 surcharge.
• Kieran Lamb, 26, of Crossway, Bembridge – failed to provide a specimen for analysis (found guilty) – fined £180 and ordered to pay £400 costs and a £72 surcharge, and disqualified from driving for 14 months.
• Luke Williams, 38, of St Johns Road, Ryde – drink-drove in Ryde (breath reading 42 microgrammes/100ml) – fined £120, ordered to pay £85 costs, and disqualified for 12 months (reducible by 3 months for completing a course by 19/09/2026).
• Giles Edwards, 51, of Marina Avenue, Ryde – drink-drove in Ryde (breath reading 48 microgrammes/100ml) – fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £48 surcharge, and disqualified for 12 months.
• Richard Bell, 38, of Dolphin Court, Freshwater – failed to surrender to bail – fined £166.
• Michael Hayles, 58, of Wicks Close, Ryde – breached a restraining order by contacting the protected person – given a 4-month prison sentence suspended for 12 months, ordered to pay £85 costs, and the restraining order was extended to expire on 19/02/2027.
• Connor Jackson, 20, of New Road, Wootton – drove at 81mph in a 40mph zone on Little Whitehouse Road, Newport – fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £48 surcharge, and disqualified from driving for 6 months.
The list is growing e very week.
This is a weekly court round up, not a running tally of crimes that all happened this week. Many of these offences will be months old and are only now reaching court. The list isn’t “growing”, it’s just the regular report of cases being dealt with.
81mph in a 40mph zone and people say there isn’t a
speeding problem on the island.
Lol
20mph is plenty
Someone doing 81 in a 40 doesn’t prove every road should suddenly be 20mph. What it actually shows is the system working, the driver was prosecuted, fined and disqualified from driving for 6 months.
One person breaking the law doesn’t mean the speed limits themselves are the problem.
1 person caught, hundreds haven’t been caught.
Roll on the installation of speed cameras.
And yet we all know there is an issue with speeding on the island, I see it everyday out and about. One being caught only proves one thing, he was caught, there are 100s out there.
Assaults, drink and drug driving and shoplifting
is out of control on the island.
No one respects the law thesedays!
WE NEED STRICTER RULES!!, more prisons would help,
heavier fines and stop ones benefits!
“They won’t re-offend so quick”
We need to get like China, their social credit system
knows how to deal with baddies!
If you actually read the list, most of the people on it have been fined, banned from driving, given community orders or suspended prison sentences. That’s literally the justice system doing its job.
Jumping from a routine court report to “we need China’s social credit system” is a pretty big leap.
The social credit system STOPS numpties
re-offending.
The fines given are too lenient and benefit
claimants pay their fines using benefit money.
A social credit system would stop their benefits
being paid to them.
If you are not a law breaker you wouldn’t be afraid of
having a social credit system