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.
Monday 20th February – Friday 24th February 2023
• Jamie Matlock, 41, of Langbridge, Newchurch pleaded guilty to 20 counts of theft from a shop. He was handed a 12-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months. He was also made subject to a drug rehabilitation requirement for 9 months and ordered to complete 20 rehabilitation days.
• Drew Leggett, 51, of High Street, Wootton pleaded guilty to assault by beating. He was made subject to a 12-month community order with 120 hours of unpaid work attached. He was ordered to pay £150 costs with a £95 surcharge.
• Andrew Gatcum, 43, of St Johns Road, Shanklin pleaded guilty to possession of a knife in a public place, possession of an offensive weapon in a private place and possession of an imitation firearm in a public place. He was handed a 12-month community order with 40 hours of unpaid work and 25 rehabilitation days attached. He must pay a £114 surcharge.
• Danny Hanna, 30, of Sea Road, Boscombe pleaded guilty to intimidate a witness / juror and assault by beating. He was handed a 12-week prison sentence and ordered to pay a £154 surcharge.
• Todd Creighton, 39, of Furrlongs, Newport pleaded guilty to drug driving (BZE), drive driving (Diazepam), driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence and driving without insurance. He was banned from driving for 24 months and ordered to pay a £200 fine and £85 costs.
Warrants
• Shaun Austin, 30, of Lea Road, Sandown for obstruct / resist a constable in execution of duty.
Some rum characters on this Isle.
All of the sentences handed down are too lenient. Not even close to being a deterrent, more like encouragement.
No sentence can act as a deterrent, because the perpetrator will never believe they will get caught. If a sentence could act as a deterrent then surely that would be the death penalty, but even when we had it it didn’t stop any crimes.
100% correct William. Prison only exists to protect the public from these people. The best way to reduce crime is education and a proper social services that can take children out of problem families so that the cycle does not continue. But no government would ever commit to spending our tax money on us.
Anyone who is jailed for a long time stops ‘them’ from committing crime when inside.
Death penalty prevented countless crimes, as now drug smuggling long sentences prevents many more doing so.
Always be those who take the risk, but most normal won’t.
So you are wrong.
But the death penalty did put a stop to any further crimes by the same person.
How can scum walking around with a knife not get a custodial sentence.
What qualifications are needed to be a magistrate. A degree in i couldn’t careless about the public?
Maybe they’re a professional apple peeler.
Please think before you judge others
brilliant
Export them to Nab Tower penal conaly for rehabilitation on permanent basis.
Scum the lot.of them.!
Better still, how about Rwanda?
No, you’re backyard.
All scum, and if had to deal with all scum injection straight away.