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 June – Friday 2nd July 2021
• Daniel Craig Harris, 30, of Harding Road in Ryde, pleaded guilty to 2 counts of causing harassment, alarm or distress. He was fined £120 and ordered to pay costs of £85 with a £34 surcharge.
• Robert Grant McAllister, 42, care of Pelham Road in Cowes admitted pursuing a course of conduct which amounted to harassment. He was made subject to a community order with 25 rehabilitation days attached, fined £10 and ordered to pay costs of £85 with a £95 surcharge.
• Breandan Cathal Ashby, 19, of Sunset Close in Freshwater, pleaded guilty to criminal damage and assault by beating. He was ordered to pay £40 compensation and was made subject to a community order with 15 rehabilitation days included. He was ordered to pay £85 costs with a £95 surcharge.
• Wayne Lee Mithcell, 31, of Atherley Road in Shanklin, pleaded guilty to causing harassment, alarm or distress. Mitchelle was made subject to a community order with 40 hours unpaid work and 30 rehabilitation days attached. He was ordered to pay £85 costs with a £95 surcharge.
• Dennis James O’Sullivan, 58, of Solent Gardens in Freshwater, was given a 16-week prison sentence and disqualified from driving for 36 months after admitting to failing to provide a specimen of breath for analysis. He was ordered to pay £85 costs and a £122 surcharge. The prison sentence was given as it was the fourth such offence, with a high level of impairment including bad driving.
• Kurtis Richard Smith, 37, of Farley Hill in Luton, Bedfordshire pleaded guilty to drug driving. He was disqualified from driving for 12 months, fined £392 and ordered to pay £85 costs with a £39 surcharge.
• Thomas Jack Riordan, 24, of George Street in Sandown, was found guilty of assaulting an emergency worker, namely a Police Constable. He was fined £180 and ordered to pay costs of £650 with a surcharge of £34. He was further fined £40 after pleading guilty to failing to surrender to bail.
• Joel Prior, 27, of Parkhurst Road in Newport, admitted drug driving (cannabis). He was disqualified from driving for 12 months, fined £106 and ordered to pay costs of £85 with a £34 surcharge. There was no separate penalty for driving a motor vehicle without an MOT.
• George Ghinet, 34, of Creek Gardens in Wootton, pleaded guilty to drink driving (57). He was disqualified from driving for 40 months, fined £250 and ordered to pay costs of £85 with a £34 surcharge. There was no separate penalty for driving without insurance.
• Wayne Paulson, 28, of Staplers Road in Newport, pleaded guilty to sending a communication of an indecent/offensive nature to a Police Constable. He was fined £20 and made subject to a community order with 20 rehabilitation days attached. He was also ordered to pay £85 costs with a £95 surcharge.
WTF is going on. For driving without an MOT or driving without insurance there is no penalty. For not surrendering to bail where the police would have to divert already very stretched manpower to finding and re-arresting a criminal a piddlyarsed fine of £40 is handed out. The role of a magistrate is to punish criminals for their crimes and to a level which will deter these scum from reoffending. It’s clear to me they are failing on both counts.
better cancel that insurance then – no penalty for not having any.