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 8th August – Friday 12th August 2022
• Dennis Donovan, 79, of Egerton Road in Bembridge, pleaded guilty to drink driving (101). He was banned from driving for 25 months and made subject to a 12-month community order with 100 hours of unpaid work attached. He was ordered to pay £85 costs with a £114 surcharge.
• Wayne Neil Thomas Paulson, 29, of Staplers Road in Newport, admitted failing to comply with a community requirement of a suspended sentence. He was handed a 15-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months, and ordered to pay £60 costs.
• Richard Houston, 30, of HMP Isle of Wight was handed a 36-week prison sentence, to be served concurrently, for 3 charges of assaulting an emergency worker. He was ordered to pay a £128 surcharge.
• Tony Bryon Rollins, 38, of High Street in Ventnor, was found guilty of drink driving (84) and possession of a Class B drug – cannabis. He was handed a 12-week prison sentence and ordered to pay £650 costs with a £128 surcharge. He was also handed 10 points on his licence.
• Richardo Miguel Silva, 36, of St Pauls Avenue in Shanklin, pleaded guilty to failing to surrender to bail. He was fined £40 and ordered to pay a £34 surcharge.
• Leszek Berezniak, 32, of Wootton Lodge, Church Road in Wootton, pleaded guilty to failing to surrend to bail. He was fined £40 and ordered to pay a £14 surcharge.
• Jason Crook, 48, care of Spithead Business Park in Lake, pleaded guilty to using threatening/abusive/insulting words/behaviour with intent to cause fear of/provoke unlawful violence, obstructing/resisting a constable in the execution of their duty and possession a controlled drug of Class B – Cannabis. He was made subject to a 12-month community order with 120 hours of unpaid work attached. He was ordered to pay £85 costs with a £114 surcharge.
• Stacy Henderson, 36, of Stower Place in Sandown pleaded guilty to criminal damage and possession of a Class A drug – cocaine. She also changed her plea to guilty for the offence of assault by beating. She was ordered to pay £50 compensation and was fined £120, as well as being ordered to pay £85 costs with a £34 surcharge.
• Kasci Lord-Thomas, 19, of Queens Road in Shanklin, pleaded guilty to drug driving (cannabis) and riding without insurance. He was handed a 12-month driving van and fined £250, as well as being ordered to pay £85 costs with a £34 surcharge.
• Harry Stafford, 28, of Downsview in Sandown, was found guilty of common assault. He was made subject to a 12-month community order with 130 hours of unpaid work and 10 rehabilitation days attached. He was ordered to pay costs of £620.
• Rachael Woods, 30, of Jubilee Close in Freshwater, pleaded guilty to driving whilst disqualified and driving without insurance. He was handed 6 points on her licence and made subject to a 12-month community order with 90 hours of unpaid work attached. She was ordered to pay £85 costs.
• Marcus Waters, 51, of High Street, Ryde pleaded guilty to drink driving (85). He was banned from getting behind the wheel for 36 months and fined £600, as well as being ordered to pay £85 costs with a £240 surcharge.
• Aaron Rooke, 43, of Barton Road in Newport, pleaded guilty to drug driving (Benzoylecgonine), drug driving (cocaine) and driving without insurance. He was banned from driving for 12 months, fined £80 and ordered to pay a £22 surcharge.
If it’s not drink driving it’s drug driving when will these idiots learn simple they won’t
Maybe when they’re given a prison sentence instead of a £40 fine
Im suprised any of them get caught, the amount of people i see swerving pot holes and raised cracks in the roads….must all look like there on something
Ridiculous leniency shown in most cases.
if your going to drink / drug drive go on holiday to the sunny isle of wight if you get caught you will only get a very leniency fine by the islands magistrates
A woman is found guilty of criminal damage, assault by beating and possession of a class A drug. She is fined £120 with £85 costs. A male is found guilty of common assault and gets a 12 month community order, 130 hours of unpaid work and a ten day rehab order. Oh, and costs of £620. Is there a conclusion to be drawn for such disparate sentencing, I wonder?
Agree with you, should be sane for all.