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 28th August – Friday 1st September 2023
• Terry Dixon, 38, of Church Path in East Cowes, pleaded guilty to being the driver of a vehicle failing to stop after a road accident and drink driving. Dixon was banned from driving for 25 months. He was also handed a community order with 12 rehabilitation days and 130 hours of unpaid work attached. He was ordered to pay costs of £85 and a £114 surcharge fee.
• Marisa Mandley, 33, of Beachfield Road in Sandown, pleaded guilty to failing to provide a specimen for analysis. She was handed a 12-month community order with 150 hours of unpaid work attached. She was banned from driving for 32 months and ordered to pay costs of £85 and a £114 surcharge fee.
• Bradley Simmonds, 19, of Jeals Lane in Sandown, pleaded guilty to drink driving. He was handed a 15-month driving ban. He was also ordered to pay a £150 fine, £85 costs and a £60 surcharge fee.
• Joshua Mitchell, 32, of Palmerston Road in Shanklin pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance of class B. The 32-year-old was handed an £80 fine and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £32 surcharge fee.
• Kirsty Gibbons, 47, of Union Street in Newport, pleaded guilty to theft from a shop. She was ordered to pay compensation of £70, costs of £85 and a fine of £40.
• Shaun Daly, 37, of Linden Road in Newport, pleaded guilty to harassment without violence and possess a knife/bladed article in a public place. He was handed an 18-month community order with 150 hours of unpaid work attached. Daly has also been told to complete 30 days of a building better relationships programme and 25 rehabilitation activity days. He was ordered to pay a costs of £300 and an £114 surcharge fee.
• Acer Robinson, 27, of High Street in Wroxall, pleaded guilty to drug driving, possession of a controlled drug of class B, speeding and driving without 3rd party insurance. He was handed a 12-month community order with 200 hours of unpaid work attached. The 27-year-old was banned from driving for a total of 3 years. He was ordered to pay £85 costs and a £114 surcharge fee.
• Paul Smart, 36, of Fort Street in Sandown, pleaded guilty to theft from a shop. He was fined £40, ordered to pay compensation of £11.24, costs of £85 and a £16 surcharge fee.
• Anthony Serjent, 44, of Fitzroy Street in Sandown, pleaded guilty to using threatening/abusive words/behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress and criminal damage. He was ordered to pay compensation of £200.
• Harry White, 22, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to assault by beating of an emergency worker x2. He was ordered to pay compensation of £100 to each victim.
• Jeffrey Bedford, 36, of Main Road in Brighstone pleaded guilty to criminal damage and indecent exposure. He was handed an 18-month community order with a 90-day alcohol abstinence requirement and 20 rehabilitation days attached. He was also made subject to an electronic monitoring order.
Warrants Issued
• Wai Ogusu, 45, of no fixed abode for assault by beating and sexual assault on a female.
• Laurence Dugard, 38, of Avenue Road in Sandown for attempt to drive a motor vehicle whilst drug level above specified limit.
• Thomas Kerr, 51, of Station Road in Brading for possession of a controlled drug class-A.
• Christopher Downer, 33, of Nelson Road in Newport for attempt to possess a controlled drug of class-B
wai ogusu well clearly not an islander and if it hadn’t been here then it would be one less sex crime.
All of them should be ashamed of themselves, a menace to society and an embarrassment to their families.
I am surprised that there are no photographs issued to the press with those warrants so members of the public can tell the 5-0 where they are.
For an example Wai Ogusu, 45, of no fixed abode must be easy to find on the streets with a name like that.?
What is your name.? No, it is Wai.
using threatening/abusive words/behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress
So freedom of speech isn’t really free
What a wonderful place to live
Drink and drug driving is a serious issue on the island.
Instant imprisonment for both crimes will stop the morons.
thats what they do in Guernsey prison sentence for drink/drug conviction
I thought that being caught with a knife meant certain jail-time? Not on the IOW apparently. It’s so obvious the Tories have instructed our courts not to hand out many custody sentences, but only because they’ve made deep funding cuts to our prisons year upon year since they came to power. A vote for the conservative party is a vote to be weak on crime, the causes of crime and victim support. You can pretty much do anything you like on the island, and be almost certain of not getting sent to prison. Law abiding people pay the price again. Crims laugh their way out of court.
I Here there’s a space H.M.P Wandsworth.
It all started when Government denied parents the right to discipline their kids, imo
Look where we are now and in honesty, does anyone really like the way that we are made/allowed to survive/exist in the modern world today?