LATEST CASES AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT MAGISTRATES COURT (17TH – 21ST AUGUST 2026)

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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• Lee Price, 41, of Parkhurst Road, Newport – admitted stealing £107 worth of fragrances from Sports Direct in Newport on 12th June. He was given a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £107 compensation.
• James Caston, 37, of Alexandra Lane, Newport – admitted drink-driving on Medina Way, Newport, on 12th July. He was found to have 84 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. Caston was fined £392, ordered to pay £85 costs and a £157 surcharge, and disqualified from driving for 22 months, which can be reduced by 22 weeks on completion of a course. He also admitted driving the vehicle without a valid MOT certificate, for which he was sentenced at the same time.
• Annabel Brown, 32, of Hill Lane, Freshwater – admitted 3 shop thefts from January. She stole £45.55 worth of food from Tesco in Freshwater on 11th January, £37.10 worth of steaks and beer with another person from Sainsbury’s in Freshwater on 12th January, and £50.40 worth of food from Tesco on 30th January. Brown was made subject to a community order running until 17th August 2027, with up to 25 days of rehabilitation activity. She was fined £40 and ordered to pay compensation of £45.55, £18.55 and £50.40 respectively.
• David Clark, 42, of HMP Isle of Wight, Newport – admitted possessing an unauthorised Apple mobile phone inside HMP Isle of Wight on 19th November 2024. He was jailed for 12 months, consecutive to a sentence imposed at Newcastle upon Tyne Crown Court in November 2022. The mobile phone was confiscated.
• Parisha Valjee, 55, of Oakfield Road, East Cowes – admitted drink-driving on Kite Hill, Wootton, on 25th July 2025. She was found to have 98 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. Valjee was fined £200, ordered to pay £150 costs and an £80 surcharge, and disqualified from driving for 48 months.
• Kevin Greenwood, 47, of West Street, Ryde – admitted stealing £406.91 worth of groceries from Morrisons in Newport on 5th February. He was made subject to a community order, including a 6-month electronically monitored curfew requiring him to remain at his home between midnight and midday each day, and was ordered to pay £406.91 compensation.
• Daniel Ford, 40, of Beadmans Grove, Newport – admitted assaulting a woman by beating her in Cowes on or around 13th July 2024. He was made subject to a community order running until 20th August 2028, including up to 35 days of rehabilitation activity and 150 hours of unpaid work. Ford was ordered to pay £100 costs and a £114 surcharge. A restraining order, lasting until 20th August 2028, prohibits him from contacting the victim directly or indirectly.
• Gemma Case, 49, of Hogan Road, Newport – admitted assault by beating a woman at Church Litten, Newport, on 9th August 2025. She was made subject to a community order running until 17th August 2027, including up to 20 days of rehabilitation activity. Case was fined £40 and ordered to pay £300 costs.
• Lee Price, 41, of Parkhurst Road, Newport – admitted stealing £160 worth of laundry products from Home Bargains in Newport on 8th June. He was given a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £160 compensation.
• Dominic Fuller, 39, of Springfield Road, Chelmsford – admitted assaulting an officer while the officer was carrying out his duties in Bembridge on 11th July. Fuller was fined £143 and ordered to pay £100 compensation.
• Drew Whittaker, 24, of Fort Street, Sandown – admitted burgling the restricted till area of Family Shopper in Newport on 6th June and stealing vape liquid and a lighter worth £12.98. He was ordered to pay £12.98 compensation.
• Julian Scott, 54, of Melville Road, Sandown – admitted damaging a mobile phone belonging a woman in Ventnor on 6th April. He was fined £80 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £32 surcharge. Scott was also made subject to a restraining order until 17th August 2027, prohibiting him from contacting the victim directly or indirectly and from entering Danesbury House in St Boniface Road, Ventnor.
• Malcolm Berry, 64, of Lower Woodside Road, Wootton – was found guilty of using a handheld mobile phone while driving on Coppins Bridge, Newport, on 3rd May 2025. He was fined £120, ordered to pay £350 costs and a £48 surcharge, and had 6 penalty points added to his driving record.
• Harry Franks, 26, of Oakbury Road, London – admitted drink-driving on Monkton Street, Ryde, on 12th July. He was found to have 81 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. Franks was fined £1,220, ordered to pay £85 costs and a £488 surcharge, and disqualified from driving for 18 months, which can be reduced by 18 weeks on completion of a course.
• Wesley Hughes, 35, of Arundel Close, Ryde – admitted failing to surrender to Isle of Wight Magistrates’ Court on 14th April after having been released on bail. He was fined £307 and ordered to pay a £120 surcharge.