LATEST CASES AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT MAGISTRATES COURT (18TH AUGUST – 29TH AUGUST)

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 18th August – Friday 29th August 2025

• Gavin Prescott, 46, of Steyne Road, Bembridge was fined £40 for failing to comply with the requirements of a community order. He was ordered to pay £60 costs.

• Kiefer Jones, 31, of Slade Road, Ryde, admitted drug driving after being stopped on the A34 in Burghclere, Hampshire, where a blood test showed THC above the legal limit. He was fined £120, ordered to pay £85 costs, and disqualified from driving for 12 months.

• Sean Bristow, 34, of Union Street, Ryde, pleaded guilty to criminal damage after smashing a window worth over £1,000. He was ordered to pay £300 compensation and £85 costs through deductions from benefits.

• Samuel Taylor, 27, of Hogan Road, Newport, admitted breaching a non-molestation order by messaging a woman he was prohibited from contacting. He received a community order with 5 rehabilitation days, a fine of £80, £85 costs, and a £114 surcharge.

• Jimmy Ashby, 33, of Ashey Road, Ryde, was sentenced for three offences arising from the same incident. He admitted drink driving after being found with over twice the legal limit of alcohol in his blood, using a vehicle without insurance, and causing criminal damage to a windscreen. He was fined £120 for drink driving, disqualified for 40 months, and ordered to pay £85 costs and £90 compensation.

• Joseph Melody, 28, of Shooters Hill, Cowes, was sentenced for multiple motoring offences committed on the same day. He pleaded guilty to driving with THC in his system, using a vehicle without a valid MOT, and having no insurance. For drug driving, he was fined £415, disqualified for 12 months, and told to pay £85 costs and a £166 surcharge. His driving record was endorsed for the insurance and MOT offences.

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• Caila Whittaker, 23, of Great Preston Road, Ryde, admitted drug driving after being found with THC in her system. She was fined £250, disqualified from driving for 12 months, and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £100 surcharge.

• Christopher Goldthorpe, 51, of Bluebird Place, East Cowes, was also caught drug driving with THC in his blood. He was fined £120, disqualified for 12 months, and told to pay £85 costs and a £48 surcharge.

• Tyler Cairns, 30, of Pine View, Newport, was sentenced for threatening behaviour and a separate theft from a shop. He admitted using abusive or threatening words towards a woman in Newport and also stealing six bottles of perfume from TK Maxx. He received a community order including 100 hours of unpaid work, 20 rehabilitation days, and a 12-month exclusion from Marks & Spencer in Newport. He was also ordered to pay £200 compensation and a £114 surcharge.

• Joseph Irving, 34, of New Road, Sandown, pleaded guilty to two counts of criminal damage, one involving St Mary’s Church in Brighstone and the other a local village shop. He was fined £40 for each offence, and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £32 surcharge.

• Corben Rawlings, 27, of Bank House, Freshwater, failed to provide a specimen for analysis when required by police. He was fined £200, disqualified from driving for 17 months, and ordered to pay £85 costs and an £80 surcharge.

• Sam Hart, 39, of Church Road, Shanklin, faced multiple driving offences. He admitted driving without due care, failing to stop for police, driving while disqualified, and using a vehicle without insurance. He was jailed for 18 weeks for driving while disqualified and given an extended disqualification of 41 months and 20 days. For careless driving, he was also disqualified for 12 months and 63 days. His record was endorsed for the remaining offences and he was ordered to pay £85 costs.

• Billy Chilcott, 31, of Green Street, Ryde, admitted stealing two pairs of glasses from Specsavers in Newport. He was fined £120 and ordered to pay £100 compensation and £85 costs.

• Samantha Godley, 40, of Furrlongs, Newport – drove with cocaine and benzoylecgonine in her blood above the legal limit on the A3054 at Newport. She was fined £323, ordered to pay £85 costs and a £129 surcharge, and disqualified from driving for 12 months. A second count for the same incident received no separate penalty.

• Nino Cavanagh, 32, of Trinity Road, Ventnor – sentenced for a series of thefts and a burglary at shops across the Island between April and July 2025. He also admitted common assault. For all offences, he received a community order until February 2027 with 90 days of alcohol abstinence monitoring, a 26-day programme, 10 rehabilitation days, and compensation totalling over £500. He must remain at home between 5pm and midnight until 28 August.

• Alex Cooper, 27, of Oaklyn Gardens, Shanklin – stole £90.67 worth of items from Home Bargains in Newport. He was handed a community order with 10 rehabilitation days, 250 hours of unpaid work, and must pay £45 in compensation.

• Allan Pearce, 59, of Thornton Manor Drive, Ryde – assaulted a woman in Sandown causing actual bodily harm. He received a community order with alcohol treatment for 12 months, 20 rehabilitation days, and was made subject to a restraining order until February 2027.

• Barry Leigh, 71, of Evans Williams Court, Newport – distributed two indecent images of children. He was given a community order for one year with 30 rehabilitation days and a 26-day programme, fined £369, ordered to pay £85 costs and a £114 surcharge, and must comply with a five-year notification requirement and a five-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order. His electronic devices were ordered to be forfeited and destroyed.

• Luke Edwards, 24, of Alexandra Road, Cowes – drove over the alcohol limit in Cowes. He was fined £337, ordered to pay £300 costs and a £135 surcharge, and disqualified for 12 months, reduced by 13 weeks if he completes a drink-drive course.

• Elizabeth Simmons, 44, of Great Preston Road, Ryde – failed to surrender to court bail and drove over the alcohol limit in Winchester. For the driving offence, she was fined £120, ordered to pay £85 costs and a £48 surcharge, and disqualified for 17 months (reducible by 17 weeks with a course). No separate penalty was imposed for the bail offence.

• Danny Clift, 31, of Union Street, Newport – admitted drug and drink driving in separate incidents in Ryde and Newport. He was given a community order with 10 rehabilitation days, 120 hours of unpaid work, and disqualified from driving for three years. He must also pay £85 costs and a £114 surcharge.

• Mark Gerring, 57, of Arctic Road, Cowes – admitted criminal damage in two incidents and a breach of a harassment injunction. He received a community order with 12 months of mental health treatment, 10 rehabilitation days, fines and compensation totalling £434, and three restraining orders lasting until 2030.

• Kevin Greenwood, 46, of Milligan House, West Street, Ryde – stole items from B&Q and TK Maxx in Newport. He was jailed for 10 weeks after breaching a suspended sentence and offending on the day of a court hearing.

• Loretta Meade, 26, of Park Road, Shanklin – drove while disqualified and without insurance in Godshill. She was fined £825, ordered to pay £85 costs, and disqualified from driving for three months.

• Emma Thompson, 35, of Fort Street, Sandown – drove with cocaine and benzoylecgonine in her blood above the legal limit in Ventnor. She received a community order with 10 rehabilitation days, a 17-month disqualification, and was fined £100. She must also pay £85 costs and a £114 surcharge.