LATEST CASES AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT MAGISTRATES COURT (4TH AUGUST – 8TH AUGUST)

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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Monday 4th August – Friday 8th August 2025

• Amber Banham-Gage, 22, care of Daniel Street in Ryde, admitted breaching the requirements of a community order. She was fined £80 and ordered to pay £60 costs.

• James Hughes, 27, of Flitcroft Gardens, Sandown – Failed to provide specimen for analysis – Community order for 12 months with 10 rehabilitation days, fine £80, costs £85, surcharge £114, disqualified for 36 months.

• Rhys Miller, 26, of Hyde Road, Shanklin – Used threatening/abusive/insulting words/behaviour to cause harassment, alarm or distress – Fine £120, costs £85, surcharge £48.

• Duane Sibbick, 51, of Cross Lane, Newport – Used threatening/abusive words/behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress – Fine £80, costs £85.

• Laszlo Oltean, 55, of Robin Hood Street, Newport – Drove motor vehicle over alcohol limit – Fine £392, costs £85, surcharge £157, disqualified for 19 months (reducible by 19 weeks with course).

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• Wayne Mitchell, 35, of Meadowcroft, Sandown – Produced Class B drug (cannabis) – Community order for 12 months with 18 rehabilitation days, fine £80, costs £85, surcharge £114, cannabis forfeited and destroyed.

• Paul Gardner, 42, of Clarence Road, East Cowes – Drove motor vehicle with proportion of Benzoylecgonine over limit – Fine £240, costs £85, disqualified for 3 years. Also drove with proportion of cocaine over limit – Disqualified for 3 years (concurrent).

• Karen Ford, 58, of Treefields, Ryde – Drove motor vehicle with proportion of Benzoylecgonine over limit – Fine £135, costs £300, surcharge £54, disqualified for 12 months.

• Jordan Whittle, 27, of Tennyson Road, Cowes – Drove motor vehicle over alcohol limit – Fine £360, costs £400, disqualified for 18 months (reducible by 18 weeks with course).

• Donna-Marie Fay, 37, of Thornton Manor Drive, Ryde – Drove motor vehicle with proportion of THC over limit – Fine £120, costs £85, surcharge £48, disqualified for 14 months.

• Jordon Arnold, 35, of Lea Road, Lake – Drove motor vehicle with proportion of MDMA and ketamine over the limit, three counts of assault by beating, and criminal damage under £5,000 – Community order for 18 months with 15 rehabilitation days and 180 hours unpaid work, costs £85, disqualified for 20 months, restraining order until August 7, 2027, no compensation awarded.

• Danielle Watts, 30, of Lydgate Green, Southampton – Assaulted a constable in execution of duty (aggravated by hostility based on disability) – Fine £120, compensation £50, costs £85.

• Daniel Skittlethorpe, 33, of Union Road, Ryde – Used threatening/abusive/insulting words/behaviour with intent to cause fear of/provoke unlawful violence – Fine £120, costs £85, surcharge £48, compensation £50.

• Andrew Barnes, 50, of Sandcove Rise, Seaview – Drove vehicle whilst unfit through drugs – Community order for 18 months with 20 rehabilitation days, fine £180, costs £85, disqualified for 48 months.

• James Gilbert, 25, of Mill Hill Road, Cowes – Act outraging public decency – Community order for 12 months with 8 rehabilitation days, fine £120, costs £85, surcharge £114.