LATEST CASES AT THE ISLE OF WIGHT MAGISTRATES COURT (6TH APRIL – 17TH APRIL 2026)

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.

• Matthew Bishop, 64, of Monkton Street, Ryde – speeding at 50mph in a 30mph zone in Newport – fined £100 and given 3 penalty points.

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• Nicholas Cottis, 54, of Ashey Park, Ryde – drug driving (cocaine) and driving without insurance – disqualified from driving for 12 months, fined £120, ordered to pay £85 costs and a £96 surcharge.

• Charlie Watson, 19, of Pasfield Close, Waltham Abbey – drug driving (cannabis), driving without insurance and driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence – disqualified from driving for 12 months, fined £600, and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £240 surcharge.

• Alfie Mansfield, 24, of Spinnaker Road, Portsmouth – drink driving in Godshill – given a community order with 100 hours unpaid work, disqualified from driving for 36 months, and ordered to pay £400 costs.

• Izzana Brizelden-Blundell, 19, of Linden Road, Newport – assaulting an emergency worker, shop theft and being drunk and disorderly – given a community order with up to 10 days rehabilitation activity, fined £50, ordered to pay £100 compensation and £85 costs.

• Liam Beeney, 34, of Harding Road, Ryde – using threatening or abusive behaviour – fined £80 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £32 surcharge.

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• Abdul Howe, 25, of Parkhurst Road, Newport – possession of cannabis in prison – sentenced to 4 weeks’ imprisonment (concurrent) and the drugs were forfeited and destroyed.

• Alex Turner, 48, of Cup & Saucer, Cropredy – drink driving at St Helens – disqualified from driving for 24 months, fined £1000, and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £400 surcharge.

• Derek Thomas, 67, of Gravel Pit Road, Wootton Bridge – speeding at 90mph in a 60mph zone in Newport – fined £320, given 6 penalty points, and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £128 surcharge.

• Joann Poll, 46, of Newport Road, Sandown – stole groceries and alcohol worth £16.70 from Tesco, and on separate occasions stole alcohol and goods worth £48.50, £50.00 and £24.00 from Waitrose – given a community order to January 2027 with up to 15 rehabilitation days and ordered to pay £139.20 compensation.

• Thomas Dollery, 25, of Venner Avenue, Cowes – drove a vehicle with cocaine, benzoylecgonine and ketamine above legal limits – given a community order to April 2027 with up to 10 rehabilitation days and 80 hours unpaid work, disqualified from driving for 25 months, and ordered to pay £85 costs and £114 surcharge.

• Tama Lee, 42, of Parkhurst Road, Newport – exposed himself on two occasions – sentenced to a total of 26 weeks’ imprisonment consecutive to an existing sentence, with a £154 surcharge.

• Luke Burdett, 33, of Spanners Close, Chale Green – carried out a racially aggravated assault – given a community order to April 2028 with up to 35 rehabilitation days and a 4-month exclusion from certain stores, fined £100 and ordered to pay £300 compensation.

• Alex Trent, 32, of Atherley Road, Shanklin – harassed a woman by repeatedly attending her workplace – given a community order to April 2027 with up to 30 rehabilitation days, fined £80, ordered to pay £85 costs and £114 surcharge, and made subject to a restraining order until April 2027.

• Kory Kullander, 32, of Newport Road, Ventnor – drove over the alcohol limit and failed to surrender to court – given a community order to April 2027 with up to 15 rehabilitation days and 180 hours unpaid work, disqualified from driving for 29 months (reduced by 29 weeks if a course is completed), and ordered to pay £85 costs and £114 surcharge.

• Bailey Smith, 26, of no fixed abode – breached a restraining order – sentenced to 20 weeks’ imprisonment.

• Allan Pearce, 60, of Barton Road, Newport – used threatening and abusive behaviour towards multiple people at a pharmacy – given a community order to October 2028 with a 12-month alcohol treatment requirement and up to 35 rehabilitation days, and ordered to pay £800 total compensation.

• Thomas Cornell, 40, of Green Street, Ryde – attempted to steal a jacket worth £59.99 from TK Maxx – fined £40 and ordered to pay £85 costs.

• Terence Perkins, 41, of no fixed abode – was drunk and disorderly in Sandown Road, Lake – fined £40 and ordered to pay £85 costs.

• Joseph Hughes, 39, of Trafalgar Road, Newport – drove over the alcohol limit – disqualified from driving for 36 months, fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 costs.

• Billie-Joe Malston, 26, of Lea Road, Sandown – stole a bedding set worth £30 from B&M – fined £200 and ordered to pay £30 compensation, £85 costs and £80 surcharge.

• Matthew Gerrard, 51, of Newport Road, Cowes – possessed cocaine – given a 6-month conditional discharge and the drugs were forfeited and destroyed.

• Colin Stretch, 52, of Nelson Crescent, Ryde – drove without insurance – fined £293 and ordered to pay £85 costs and £117 surcharge, with no penalty points imposed due to special reasons.

• Cass O’Neill, 49, of Meadowbrook, Ryde – possessed cannabis – given a 6-month conditional discharge and the drugs were forfeited and destroyed.

• Mark Gifford, 50, of Hillcrest Road, Rookley – drove without insurance – disqualified from driving for 28 days, fined £623 and ordered to pay £85 costs and £249 surcharge.

• Adam Wade, 21, of Eddington Road, Seaview – drove over the alcohol limit – disqualified from driving for 19 months (reduced by 19 weeks if a course is completed), fined £437 and ordered to pay £85 costs and £175 surcharge.

• Bradley Tolfrey, 25, of Newport Street, Ryde – caused criminal damage to a custody suite door – ordered to pay £1000 compensation.