This is your weekly round-up of some of the latest court cases heard at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court.
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- Trevor John Rand, 62, of Mews Lane, Newport – admitted 4 animal welfare offences relating to 2 mares, TikTok and Twisty, at Little Fairlee Farm. The offences included failing to investigate and address the animals’ poor body condition and failing to provide adequate treatment for rain scald, mud fever and leg problems. The court heard that the offences involved prolonged neglect and poor conditions leading to euthanasia. He received 18 weeks’ imprisonment on each count, suspended for 18 months, with all 4 sentences running concurrently. He must comply with probation supervision and was ordered to pay £800 costs and a £154 surcharge. He was also disqualified from owning, keeping, dealing in, transporting or participating in the keeping of horses and other equines for 15 years, although this disqualification was suspended pending appeal. The court additionally made an order authorising the RSPCA to take possession of animals covered by a seizure order and move them to safety.
- Emma Austin, 44, of Furlongs, Newport – admitted 3 counts of shoplifting, assault by beating, threatening behaviour intended to cause fear of violence and assaulting a police officer. Austin was also sentenced for racially aggravated intentional harassment causing alarm or distress by words or behaviour. The court recorded that the offence was committed while she was subject to a community order. Emma Austin was sentenced to a 5-month custodial sentence and was ordered to pay compensation of £16.24, £330 and £27.40 for the 3 separate thefts.
- Danielle Doyle, 29, of Field View, Ryde – admitted 5 shop thefts involving drinks, tobacco, food and cigarettes. She was ordered to pay compensation of £16.45, £20.30, £1.75, £4.70 and £16.45 respectively. Compensation was imposed as the only penalty for each offence. In a separate case, Doyle admitted stealing cigarettes and a lighter from a Ryde shop on 16th September 2026. She was ordered to pay £17.98 compensation as the only penalty.
- Callum Eden, 31, of Partridge Road, Newport – admitted attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child and making an indecent image of a child. He received a 12-month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, with probation supervision. He must register with police for 10 years and was made subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order lasting until 19th October 2036. The order restricts his possession and use of internet-enabled devices and digital storage, requires devices and internet activity to be available for inspection, and prohibits concealing internet activity, using unauthorised encryption or privacy tools, or disposing of devices without prior inspection and approval. He was ordered to pay £85 costs and a £187 surcharge.
- Gary Clark, 55, of HMP Isle of Wight, Newport – admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm against a prison officer. He was sentenced to 12 months’ immediate imprisonment, consecutive to all other prison terms being served, and ordered to pay a £187 surcharge.
- Darrell Howard, 57, of Chapel Close, Newport – admitted 2 shop thefts, theft from a motor vehicle and possession of heroin and cannabis. He was sentenced to 21 days’ imprisonment for the vehicle theft, consecutive to 21 weeks activated from a suspended sentence order, and ordered to pay £300 compensation. No separate penalties were imposed for the shop thefts or drug possession offences. The heroin and cannabis were ordered to be forfeited and destroyed.
- Kyanne Hills, 24, of West Street, Ryde – admitted driving with cocaine and benzoylecgonine above the specified legal limits, and driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence. She was fined £200, disqualified from driving for 12 months, with the disqualification recorded as starting from 18th August 2026, and ordered to pay £85 costs and an £80 surcharge. No separate penalties were imposed for the additional offences, with the licence offence endorsed without points.
- Jason Lucas, 61, of Shore Road, Ventnor – admitted exceeding a 30mph speed limit. He was fined £40, received 3 penalty points and was ordered to pay £85 costs and a £16 surcharge.
- Joseph Long, 42, of William Street, Ryde – admitted 2 shop thefts involving alcohol, groceries and other items. He received a community order running until 19th October 2027, including a probation requirement, and was ordered to pay £1,000 compensation.
- Max O’Neill, 18, of Southfield Gardens, Ryde – admitted attempting to kill a badger. He received a 4-month detention sentence, suspended for 12 months, was disqualified from keeping a dog for 3 years and was ordered to pay £100 costs.
- Keenan Bradbury, 30, of Hogan Road, Newport – admitted possessing cannabis. He was fined £90, ordered to pay £85 costs and had the cannabis forfeited and destroyed.
- Eren Tekine, 36, of Barfield, Ryde – admitted using a motor vehicle without third-party insurance. He was fined £350, received 6 penalty points and was ordered to pay £85 costs and a £140 surcharge.
- Andrew Hill, 36, of Slade Road, Ryde – admitted criminal damage to property. He was ordered to pay £1,195.09 compensation as a standalone penalty.
- Ellie Ross, 19, of Arnhem Road, Freshwater – admitted assault by beating. She was fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £48 surcharge.
- Paul Clark, 48, of Pellhurst Road, Ryde – admitted using a motor vehicle without third-party insurance. He was fined £120, received 6 penalty points and was ordered to pay £85 costs and a £48 surcharge.
- Rachel Parker, 57, of Lower Furlongs, Brading – admitted common assault. She was fined £270 and ordered to pay £200 costs and a £108 surcharge.
- David Churcher, 41, of no fixed abode – admitted driving with a controlled drug above the specified legal limit. He was disqualified from driving for 14 months, fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £48 surcharge.
- Khalid Parker, 19, of Lower Furlongs, Brading – admitted common assault. He was fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 costs.
CROWN COURT
- Connor Cragg, 28, of Ryde – admitted intentional strangulation between 25th February and 2nd March 2026. He was sentenced to 27 months’ immediate imprisonment and made subject to 2 restraining orders lasting until 22nd October 2036. The orders prohibit him from contacting the protected individuals, directly or indirectly, and from entering a residential street in Ryde.
- Phil Diamantis, 32, of Warwick Street, Ryde – was sentenced for intentional strangulation, assault by beating and criminal damage to a bookcase. He received an 18-month prison sentence suspended for 2 years for strangulation, a concurrent 3-month suspended sentence for assault and a concurrent 1-month suspended sentence for criminal damage. The sentence includes probation supervision and electronic monitoring requirements. He was also made subject to a restraining order preventing him from contacting the protected person, directly or indirectly, until 22nd October 2031, and ordered to pay a £187 surcharge.
- Andrew Marshall, 46, of Westway, Newbridge – was sentenced for 2 shop thefts, involving £42.30 worth of food from a Co-op in Sandown and a £159 barbecue from Tesco in Freshwater. He received 2-month prison sentences for each offence, suspended for 2 years and running concurrently. The orders include probation supervision and a 6-month non-residential drug rehabilitation requirement, with monthly reviews recorded for one order.
