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.
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• Maddy Allen-Willsher, 22, of Godric Road, Newport – admitted multiple shop thefts, breaches of a criminal behaviour order, 2 assaults by beating and a public order offence. She was handed a 12-month community order, including 120 days of alcohol abstinence monitoring and a 26-day programme requirement. She was also ordered to pay compensation of £78.77, £100, £50, £47.13, £61, £229.91 and a further £50 in relation to separate offences.
• Billie-Joe Malston, 26, of Lea Road, Sandown – admitted taking a motor vehicle without consent, 2 shop thefts and making off without payment for fuel. She was handed a 12-month community order with 100 hours of unpaid work and ordered to pay compensation of £8 and £46.62.
• Jamie Matlock, 45, of Hopemead, Newchurch – admitted 3 breaches of a criminal behaviour order and 2 shop thefts. He was sentenced to 8 weeks’ imprisonment for each breach, with the custodial terms running consecutively, making the 24-week total recorded by the court. He was also ordered to pay compensation of £54.98 and £35.50 for the thefts.
• Benjamin Scott, 48, of Albert Street, Ventnor – admitted drink-driving after being found with 94 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. He was banned from driving for 24 months, fined £1,260 and ordered to pay £650 costs and a £504 surcharge. The ban can be reduced by 24 weeks upon successful completion of an approved course.
• Riko Baber, 37, of Royal Exchange, Newport – admitted shoplifting, a public order offence and possession of ketamine. He was fined £115, ordered to pay £89.70 compensation, £85 costs and a £46 surcharge. The ketamine was ordered to be forfeited and destroyed. No separate penalty was imposed for the public order offence.
• Joshua Peckham, 36, of Thorness Lane, Cowes – admitted drink-driving with 63 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. He was banned from driving for 17 months, fined £904 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £362 surcharge. The ban can be reduced by 17 weeks upon successful completion of an approved course.
• Amy Beer, 26, of Scarrots Lane, Newport – admitted 3 shop thefts and possession of cocaine. She was fined £120 for one theft, with no separate penalty imposed for the other 2. The cocaine was ordered to be forfeited and destroyed. She was also ordered to pay £85 costs.
• Stephen Miller, 63, of York Avenue, East Cowes – was sentenced for drink-driving after being found with 172 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. He was handed a community order running until 5th October 2027, with a probation requirement, and disqualified from driving for 40 months, with an interim disqualification dating from 28th July 2026. The ban can be reduced by 40 weeks upon successful completion of an approved course. He was also ordered to pay £85 costs and a £114 surcharge.
• Oliver Rioult de Neuville, 42, of Rue de la Potonnerie, Nantes, France – admitted drink-driving after being found with 77 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. He was disqualified from driving for 17 months, fined £1,132 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £452 surcharge.
• Luke Edgington, 37, of West Street, Newport – admitted 2 shop thefts involving DVDs from Asda. He was handed a community order running until 8th October 2027, with a probation requirement, and ordered to pay compensation of £241.58 and £171.70 for the separate offences.
• Jack Broad, 18, of Slade Road, Ryde – admitted possession of cannabis. He was given a 6-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay £40 costs and a £20 surcharge.
• Logan Robinson, 26, of Nelson Road, Newport – admitted 4 offences of making indecent images of children, involving 16 Category A images, 20 Category B images, 99 Category C images and 2 prohibited images.
He was handed a 10-month prison sentence, suspended for 2 years, for the Category A images. He also received suspended prison sentences of 6 months for the Category B images and 2 months each for the Category C and prohibited images, all suspended for 2 years and ordered to run concurrently.
He was also ordered to complete 80 hours of unpaid work and must register with the police for 10 years.
• Joshua Langley, 31, of St Saviours Road, Totland Bay – admitted possessing explosive substances, namely 2 military distraction hand grenades, in circumstances giving rise to reasonable suspicion that they were not held for a lawful purpose.
He also admitted 3 offences of possessing ammunition without a firearms certificate, involving various 5.56mm, 9mm and 7.62mm cartridges, and 2 offences of possessing cannabis.
He was handed a community order running until 6th April 2028, with a probation requirement and 60 hours of unpaid work. The court also ordered the forfeiture and destruction of the explosives, ammunition and drugs.
