LATEST CASES AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT MAGISTRATES COURT (23RD MARCH – 27TH MARCH)

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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• Alice Samantha Mitchell, 57, of Lugley Street, Newport pleaded guilty to arson and criminal damage. She was ordered to pay £210 compensation.

• Paige Woodfine, 30, of Sandown Road, Sandown – stole food items from Tesco on multiple occasions – given a 6-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay total compensation of £26.05.

• Roy Benning, 55, of Church Lane, Ryde – made 16 indecent images of children – fined £253, ordered to pay £85 costs and £114 surcharge, made subject to a community order with 10 rehabilitation days, and placed on the sex offenders register for 5 years.

• William Machin, 39, of Springvale Road, Seaview – drink driving – fined £120, ordered to pay £85 costs and £48 surcharge, and disqualified from driving for 14 months (reduced by 14 weeks if a course is completed).

• Benjamin Ruff, 37, of Hurst Green, Gosport – used a mobile phone while driving (found guilty) – fined £440, ordered to pay £650 costs and £176 surcharge, and given 6 penalty points.

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• Brandon Atkins, 25, of no fixed abode – committed multiple offences including repeated shop thefts, making off without payment, assault by beating, and possession of knives – sentenced to a total of 5 months’ imprisonment suspended for 18 months with supervision, drug rehabilitation and up to 26 rehabilitation days, and ordered to pay compensation totalling £208.25; also subject to deprivation of the knives.

• Alfie Dhillon, 20, of Upton Road, Ryde – possessed cocaine and was drunk and disorderly – fined £461, ordered to pay £85 costs and £184 surcharge, and the drugs were forfeited and destroyed.

• Sezgin Sali, 45, of High Street, Newport – in charge of a vehicle while over the drug limit – fined £80, ordered to pay £85 costs and £32 surcharge, and given 10 penalty points.

• Jay Clasper, 24, of Lower Woodside Road, Wootton Bridge – possessed cannabis – fined £80, ordered to pay £85 costs, and the drugs were forfeited and destroyed.

• Joanne Primmer, 52, of Mill Square, Wootton Bridge – committed assault occasioning actual bodily harm and multiple shop thefts – made subject to a community order with up to 10 rehabilitation days and ordered to pay total compensation of £126.60.

• Matthew Busbridge, 36, of Beaconsfield Road, Ventnor – drink driving – fined £316, ordered to pay £85 costs and £126 surcharge, and disqualified from  driving for 20 months (reduced by 20 weeks if a course is completed).

• Thomas Mason, 29, of Staplers Road, Newport – committed burglary offences, possessed cannabis, and carried an offensive weapon – made subject to a community order until March 2028 with drug rehabilitation, mental health treatment and up to 35 rehabilitation days, ordered to pay £455 compensation, and had the weapon and drugs forfeited.

• Nathan Grant, 18, of Hunnyhill, Newport – drink driving and driving without insurance – fined £370, ordered to pay £85 costs and £148 surcharge, and disqualified from driving for 20 months (reduced by 20 weeks if a course is completed).

• Cameron Warren, 37, of Nelson Road, Newport – burglary and failing to surrender to court – fined £160 in total, ordered to pay £50 compensation and £64 surcharge.

• Jessica Clarke, 22, of Old School Place, Cowes – assault by beating – fined £120, ordered to pay £85 costs and £114 surcharge, and made subject to a community order with mental health treatment and rehabilitation activity.

• Bradley Bullock, 29, of Parkhurst Prison, Newport – assaulted a man and a prison officer – sentenced to a total of 18 weeks’ imprisonment.

• Joseph Law, 35, of no fixed abode, Ryde – drug driving – fined £648, ordered to pay £400 costs and £259 surcharge, and disqualified from driving for 16 months.

• Benjamin Charles, 35, of Crocker Street, Newport – shop theft – given a 6-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £2.70 compensation.

• Gary Lindsay, 60, of West Street, Ryde – speeding – fined £90, ordered to pay £200 costs and £36 surcharge, and given 6 penalty points.

• Krystal Berry, 37, of Furrlongs, Newport – drug driving – fined £120, ordered to pay £85 costs and £48 surcharge, with no disqualification due to special reasons.

• David Marsh, 35, of Warwick Street, Ryde – shop theft – fined £40, ordered to pay £85 costs and £72.61 compensation.

• Andrew Downer, 69, of Medeway, Sandown – drink driving – fined £120, ordered to pay £85 costs and £48 surcharge, and disqualified from driving for 12 months (reduced by 3 months if a course is completed).