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 3rd October – Friday 7th September 2022
• Christopher Claude Martin, 30, of St John’s Road, Shanklin pleaded guilty to drink driving (62). He was banned from driving for 18 months, fined £500 and ordered to pay £85 costs with a £200 surcharge.
• Desmond Musgrove, 43, of Church Road, Havenstreet pleaded guilty to failing to provide – person in charge of vehicle. He was given 10 points on his licence, fined £336 and ordered to pay £220 costs with a £34 surcharge.
• Garry Oates, 62, of Fort Street, Sandown, pleaded guilty to using threatening / abusive words / behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress. He was handed a 6-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £325 costs.
• Michael Hazel, 54, of Palmerston Road, Shanklin, pleaded guilty to harassment – breach of a restraining order. He was handed a 12-month community order with 25 rehabilitationd ays, as well as being fined £80 and being ordered to pay £85 costs.
• Daniel Poole, 50, of Barton Road, Newport for failing to comply with a section 35 direction excluding a person from an area and 2 counts of theft from a shop.
Warrants for arrest issued
These individuals failed to appear in court on the specified date. A warrant was issued for their arrest. This list will not be updated as to whether the warrant has been satisfied.
• Adam White, 32, of no fixed abode, for driving whilst unfit through drink.
• Ross Dunford, 21, of Hunnyhill, Newport, for being drunk and disorderly in a public place.
• Sara Story, 60, of Mitchell Avenue, Ventnor for assault by beating.
• Craig Carey, 36, of Crossway, Bembridge for failing to provide – vehicle driver.
IF I have read these right, it is better to ‘fail to provide’ (10 points and £336 fine) than to allow a breath test and blood draw (18 month ban, £500 fine). Would someone explain the logic in this please…. obviously not a Magistrate as they don’t seem able to look at anything in a logical manner.
I think it’s because he wasn’t driving it, just in charge ie in car with keys and couldn’t prove he was driving.
I think it’s for not providing the name of some one driving the vehicle. Not necessarily related to drink or drunk driving
A warrant issued for a 60yr old Ventnor woman for ‘Assault by Beating’? Let me guess…. She battered her poor downtrodden husband with a rolling pin after he accidentally forgot their anniversary?