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.
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Monday 19th July – Friday 23rd July 2021
• Sean Michael Gower, 30, of Newlyn Way, Port Solent was fined £2,000 and ordered to pay £3,953 costs for breaking the Cowes Harbour speed limit putting the Red Funnel ferry in danger and a separate offence of impeding the passage of the Red Funnel ferry. He was also ordered to pay a £190 surcharge.
• Joseph George Hughes, 34, of Victoria Road in Cowes was fined £200 for possession of cocaine. He was ordered to pay £85 costs with a £34 surcharge. He was fined a further £50 for commission of a further offence whilst on a suspended sentence.
• Sasha Nolan, 20, of Harding Road in Ryde, pleaded guilty to assault. She was fined £120 for ordered to pay £85 costs with a £34 surcharge.
• Alan Cassford, 20, of Pitt Street in Ryde, pleaded guilty to 6 charges of assault by beating, 5 charges of criminal damage, 1 charge of assaulting an emergency worker and 1 charge of assault. He was handed down a 4 month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months. He was ordered to pay a total of £1000 compensation.
• Natasha Molly Dawn Pink, 25, of Forest Close in Newport was fined £80 for possession of £375 worth of cannabis. She was fined a further £40 for possession of pregabalin tables, a Class C drug.
• Scott Patrick Riley, 50, of Wood Street in Ryde was ordered to pay £300 compensation for 3 counts of assault by beating, 1 count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and 1 count of possession of a Class B drug. He was also fined £50 and ordered to pay £85 costs with a £95 surcharge.
• Maurice Reginald Hammond, 43, of Arthur Street in Ryde, admitted a number of offences including assault and criminal damage. He was given a 16-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months. He was also made subject to a 12-month community order with an alcohol treatment requirement for 6 months. He was ordered to pay £85 costs with a £128 surcharge.
• Nino Cavanagh, 28, of Kestrel Way in Carisbrooke, pleaded guilty to using threatening/abusive/insulting words/behaviour with intent to cause fear of/provoke unlawful violence. He was made subject to a 12-month community order with 40 hours of unpaid work attached. He was ordered to pay £85 costs.
• Daniel Poole, 48, of Albany Road in Newport, pleaded guilty to drink driving (61). He was disqualified from driving for 17 months, fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 costs with a £34 surcharge.
• Sheraz Hussain, 25, of Mill Road in Gillingham, Kent pleaded guilty to drink driving (74). He was disqualified from driving for 20 months, fined £461 and ordered to pay £85 costs with a £46 surcharge.
• Jack Hinch, 18, of Brighstone Road, Brighstone admitted drink driving (67), driving a motor vehicle otherwise in accordance with a licence and using a vehicle without third party insurance. He was disqualified from driving for 17 months, fined £240 and ordered to pay £85 costs with a £34 surcharge.
• Scott Cooper, 32, of Leed Street in Sandown pleaded guilty to common assault of an emergency worker and possession of a Class B drug. He was fined £120, ordered to pay £50 compensation and costs of £85 with a £34 surcharge.
• Grace Downer, 22, of High Park Road, Ryde, admitted drink driving (203 in blood). She was disqualified for 22 months and fined £425, as well as being ordered to pay £85 costs with a £34 surcharge.
• Taylor Bates, 21, of Wellington Road in Binstead pleaded guilty to being drunk and disorderly in a public place. He was fined £80 and ordered to pay £85 costs with a £34 surcharfge.
• Lyam Ringer, 21, of Heath Road in Lake pleaded guilty to assault by beating. He was fined £184 and ordered to pay £85 costs with a £34 surcharge.
• Daniel Farrell, 44, of Spanners Close, Chale admitted breaching a non-molestation order. He was given a 12-month community order with 40 hours unpaid work attached. He was also handed a restraining order and told to pay costs of £85 with a £95 surcharge.
• Brandon Atkins, 21, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to using violence to secure entry to premises, assault by beating and criminal damage. He was given a 12 week prison sentence and ordered to pay £85 costs with a £128 surcharge.
• Terence Perkins, 36, of Green Street in Ryde, pleaded guilty to sending an offensive/indecent/obscene/menacing message/matter by public communication network and using threatening/abusive/insulting words or behaviour to cause harassment/alarm/distress. He was given a 6 week prison sentence and ordered to pay costs of £85 with a £128 surcharge.
No prison sentence but at least everyone in Ryde now knows Cassford is a creepy woman beater. No girl in her right mind would go near him – keep yourself and your kids safe!
Glad to see that the fines for the Red Funnel incident were commensurate with the trouble he caused. One query though – does Red Funnel get any of this, or will they pursue him in the Civil Courts?