34-year-old Gregg Wicks, who was caught behind the wheel just 11 days after being handed a 3-year driving ban, is to be sentenced at the Isle of Wight Crown Court next month.
Wicks, now of The Strand in Ryde, admitted driving whilst disqualified when he appeared at the Isle of Wight Magistrates Court earlier this week (Tuesday 15th April).
The court heard how Wicks was stopped in his Nissan Primastar van on Horsebridge Hill, just over a week after he was handed a 36-month ban.
Wicks was made subject to a suspended sentence imposed by Gloucester Crown Court in November 2023 for assault occasioning actual bodily harm. He was handed a 24-month sentence suspended for a period of 2 years.
In March 2024, Wicks was handed a 14-month driving ban after he crashed into the wall of Northwood Cemetery in Cowes.
On the 7th February of this year, His Honour Judge Michael Bowes KC handed down a 3-year driving ban and a 12-month community order with an alcohol abstinence requirement of 72 days attached. The Crown Court Suspended Sentence Order (CCSSO) imposed in November 2023 remained.
After hearing the facts of the matter, Magistrates deemed their sentencing power insufficient and so the case was sent to the Isle of Wight Crown Court when Wicks will appear on the 16th May.
If people don’t respect the law what chance do we have.
Needs banging up – NO EXCUSES so he can re-offend.
Can’t wait for the 16th of May, suspended sentence extended next. He will probably drive there and back if he bothers to attend at all.
crush the vehicles, sell the scrap, donate it to Mountbatton, and tag him. (Once the tag system is sorted out as it also isn’t fit for purpose)
The suspended sentence was for assault so it’s unlikely that will get actioned for a driving offence. He’ll probably get another suspended sentence for driving whilst disqualified… Suspended sentences are usually only actioned for ‘like for like’ offences….
The law is a joke, too think what happened to
people in Victorian days, nowdays you are allowed
to re-offend and nothing gets done about it
Robert Peel will be turning in his grave
We have became a Namby Pamby state,
Oh stop being a Naught Boy!
We need Saudi Leadership, they know how to handle
Numpty’s
Now take the car and crush it
Bans mean nothing to scum..
Only one place for such people, the slammer!
and throw away the key.
He’s a piece of shit..
The Headline Ryde Man, more like Ryde Numpty.
What decent man would carry out such acts.
Needs locking up and throw away the key, we have become
a soft touch, wouldn’t have happened in the old days.