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Woman denies drink driving in Ford pick-up truck at Wightlink ferry port
6+ hour, 50+ min ago (98+ words) AN ISLE of Wight woman accused of drink driving while more than three times the limit, in a pick-up truck at a Wightlink ferry port on the mainland, is due to stand trial next year. Sophie Cawthray, of Jubilee Place,…...
Thief with "horrific" record of over 220 offences is back in court
15+ hour, 50+ min ago (391+ words) A PROLIFIC Isle of Wight shoplifter with a "horrific" criminal record of more than 220 offences and banned from numerous supermarkets, will have a mental heath assessment before he is sentenced this autumn. Paul Smart, of Green Street, Ryde, appeared for…...
Heroin toxicity given as provisional cause of Island man's death
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (106+ words) An inquest has opened into the death of an Isle of Wight man, with a provisional cause given as heroin toxicity. Friends found Richard Bell, 38, unresponsive at his Solent Gardens home in Freshwater on May 4, the inquest heard at the…...
Heroin and alcohol given as provisional cause of death of Island chef
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (146+ words) Heroin and alcohol toxicity has been listed as the provisional cause of death of an Isle of Wight chef. The inquest into the death of Daniel Hodgkinson, 43, of High Street, Sandown, opened at the Isle of Wight Coroner’s Court yesterday…...
Isle of Wight learner driver drove to his test on his own
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (95+ words) Police seize car after learner driver drove to his test on his own Isle of Wight County Press Isle of Wight learner driver drove to his test on his own Isle of Wight police seized a car after a learner…...
Man found in car with whisky bottles was more than four times legal alcohol limit
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (426+ words) A MAN found sitting behind the wheel of his car, was more than four times the legal alcohol limit, an Isle of Wight court was told. Mark Peach, of Barton Road, Newport, appeared for sentencing at the Isle of Wight…...
Sandown man caught with Class A, B and C drugs in his home
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (226+ words) AN ISLE of Wight man with a long-standing history of drug misuse, caught with Class A, B and C drugs in his home, has been sentenced. Henry Henderson, of Perowne Way, Sandown, appeared before Isle of Wight magistrates on Friday,…...
Man avoids jail after assaulting five police officers and harassing ex-partner
1+ week, 1+ day ago (417+ words) An Isle of Wight man has avoided an immediate prison sentence after assaulting five police officers and harassing his ex-partner. Andrew Harry Hill, of Slade Road in Ryde, appeared before the IW Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, September 3. The 36-year-old had…...
Man who beat ex-partner completed just 7.5 hours of 200-hour sentence
1+ week, 1+ day ago (347+ words) An Isle of Wight man who beat his ex-partner has been warned he must comply with his sentence after completing just seven-and-a-half hours of a 200-hour unpaid work requirement. Ewan Atkinson Mattick, of Albany View in Newport, appeared before the…...
Man who kicked victim in head while wearing flip-flops back in court over breach
1+ week, 2+ day ago (338+ words) An Isle of Wight man convicted of launching an unprovoked kicking attack on another man while wearing flip-flops has been back in the dock for breaching a court order. Shaun William Austin, of no fixed address, and formerly of Barton…...