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 22nd August – Friday 26th August 2022
• Bradley Joe West, 20, of Edinburgh Road in Freshwater, admitted breaching the requirements of a community order imposed by Avon and Somerset Magistrates Court. His order was revoked and he was made subject to a new 12-month community order with 100 hours of unpaid work and 10 rehabilitation days. He was ordered to pay costs of £60.
• Bonita Jacqueline Bouchere, 52, of Anchorage Way in East Cowes, pleaded guilty to assault. She was fined £40, made subject to a 12-month community order with 20 rehabilitation days and ordered to pay £40 costs with a £114 surcharge.
• Andrew John Smith, 61, of Gobles Close in Ryde, pleaded guilty to breaching a restraining order. He was made subject to a 12-month community order with 20 rehabilitation days. He was ordered to pay £85 costs with a £95 surcharge.
• Matthew Oxley, 35, of Green Street, Ryde, pleaded guilty to being in charge of vehicle whilst unfit through drugs. He was handed 10 points on his licence, fined £80 and ordered to pay £85 costs.
• Luke Burdett, 29, of Blackgang Road, Niton, pleaded guilty to driving whilst disqualified, drug driving (cannabis) and driving without insurance. He was banned from driving for 12 months, fined £50 and made subject to a 18-month community order with 10 rehabilitation days attached. He must also pay £85 costs.
• Simon Mcmahon, 57, of High Street, Ventnor, pleaded guilty to breach of a restraining order. He was handed an 8-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months. He was ordered to pay £85 costs.
• Mark Wilkinson, 35, of HMP Isle Of Wight, pleaded guilty to 3 counts of assault by beating of an emergency worker. He was handed a 9-week concurrent prison sentence and ordered to pay £128 surcharge.
• Todd Creighton, 39, of Furrlongs, Newport, pleaded guilty to assault by beating. He was handed a 12-month community order with 10 rehabilitation days attached, fined £50 and ordered to pay £85 costs with a £95 surcharge.
• Wayne Mitchell, 32, of Main Road, Brighstone, pleaded guilty to criminal damage. He was fined £80 and ordered to pay £90 compensation, as well as a £32 surcharge.
• Yoawapha Berry, 58, of Trattles Court, Newport, pleaded guilty to drink driving (105). She was banned from driving for 44 months and made subject to a 12-month community order with a 9-month alcohol treatment requirement and 15 rehabilitation days attached. She was ordered to pay costs of £85 with a £114 surcharge.
• Joshua Honan-parr, 24, of Ocean View Road, Ventnor, pleaded guilty to possession of a Class B drug – Ketamine. He was fined £80 and ordered to pay £85 costs with a £32 surcharge.
• Jessica Vella, 32, of Wellesley Way, Newport, pleaded guilty to 2 counts of theft from a shop. She was fined £120 and ordered to pay £49 compensation and £85 costs.
• Julie Brown, 46, of Slade Road, Ryde, pleaded guilty to theft. She was handed a 32-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, with 25 rehabilitation days. She was ordered to pay £85 costs with a £128 surcharge, as well as £75 compensation.
• Rose Thwaite, 21, of Gunville Road, Carisbrooke, pleaded guilty to 2 counts of going equipped for theft and 1 count of theft. She was made subject to a 12-month community order with 60 hours of unpaid work and 10 rehabilitation days. She was ordered to pay costs of £85 with a £95 surcharge, as well as £224.35 in compensation.
• Leo Woodford, 29, of Gunville Road, Carisbrooke, pleaded guilty to 2 counts of going equipped for theft and 1 count of theft. He was made subject to an 18-month community order with 120 hours of unpaid work and 20 rehabilitation days.He was ordered to pay £85 costs with a £95 surcharge, as well as £224.35 compensation.
• Andrew Downard, 28, care of The Hollows, Newport, pleaded guilty to 3 counts of criminal damage and 2 of common assault on an emergency worker. He was handed a 12-month community order with 20 rehabilitation days. He was also ordered to pay £400 compensation.
When are the courts going to dish out some proper punishment??? It’s pathetic and no detergent whatsoever. I would seriously consider a life of crime if I didn’t have a conscience.
Tongue in check here but they all must be CLEANER with detergent!!
Those who live in glass houses should check their cheek before they throw stones?
detergent ???
When the courts and prison service are properly funded.
so a driver handed 10points for drug driving, where the heck is his ban, means he can just carry on drug driving putting everyone else at risk
he wasn’t caught “Drug driving”, he was only caught being “In charge” of the vehicle. A small difference, but enough to stop the ban
Some lovely people on the Island NOT.
I remember the days when such cases did not exist on this once
Beautiful crime free island
He did get a three year ban. He was homeless and living in his car.
I am sure they existed, they just weren’t published and promoted like they are now… I prefer to know who and what but agree that not knowing was a better way to live.
Almost certainly the case. Ditto road accidents. Unless an accident involved a series injury it wouldn’t appear in the local papers. Now, with unlimited space online, every little prang is reported with pictures supplied by mobile phone welding ghouls.
Leo Woodford, again? Wasn’t he the masked robber who broke into all the laundry machines in Newport last year? How does he get away with non custodial sentences so many times?
What the hell is a ‘community order’ which is being handed out to almost everyone in court this week? Do we have too many staff in the community order office or is this a private company run by or on behalf of the courts? Seems like this ‘punishment’ is just another buzz word for a slap on the wrist… how about taking violent offenders off the streets so they learn that things have consequences and make the others pay in ways that actually hurt them.. just a radical thought.
Let’s hope those given the rehabilitation days penalties all go on the same day & vent their respective behavioural issues on each other instead of inflicting it on the general public